There has been a longstanding discussion in the reading wars since the 1950s, when the novel “Why Johnny Can’t Read” ...

Consistently poor spelling can indicate that a child has dyslexia or another related learning challenge. If that's masked by ...

One criticism of the science of reading is that phonics can be boring. Gee Macrory, a British scholar, says that decodable ...

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A 10-hour course for educators creates a common language for teaching phonemic awareness across all grade levels.

Reading Quest celebrates 10 years as a teaching nonprofit while boasting its highest-ever number of students and schools ...

SLADE guitarist Dave Hill has struck up an unlikely friendship with Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey. The Seventies and ...

You write that “California Learns From Mississippi” (Review & Outlook, Sept. 27) on phonics, but I fear you give too much credit to Golden State legislators. Assembly Bill 2222, proposed in 2024, ...

First-grader Mary Greer shows her work during a phonics-based reading lesson at Hunt Valley Elementary School in Springfield, Virginia. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) The “reading wars” that ...

Phonological awareness is an important set of skills to develop throughout early childhood and primary school. It is strongly linked to later reading and spelling success. We can think about ...

Marion Joseph died in 2022 and therefore cannot celebrate what at long last is happening in California to improve children’s abysmal levels of reading comprehension. Joseph, a renowned expert on ...

In less than two weeks, the song – Be Sure, featuring the lyrics and vocals of Ama Gaisie, has already broken into the charts of 34 African countries. Candice van den Bosch, brand director of Black ...