While not mandatory, the law provides support for phonics — focused on vocabulary, comprehension and sounding words out — to ...

Data from a ‘phonics check’ of new entrants is too incomplete to draw firm conclusions from, and word recognition is not the ...

Basal-type programs, which structure their main reading comprehension lessons around a core anthology of short full-length ...

Mississippi's education turnaround involved more than phonics, requiring statewide screeners, intensive remediation programs ...

University of York researchers are set to play a pivotal role in a new £8.2 million project designed to support literacy ...

In a win for the nation’s second-largest school district, Los Angeles Unified students bounced back from the pandemic, ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has approved Assembly Bill 1454, which provides elementary school teachers with training in ...

A miracle defies the laws of nature. This is why “the Mississippi Miracle,” the sobriquet for the extraordinary gains that ...

California has made progress in third-grade reading proficiency, but needs to accelerate the pace to meet the demands of the ...

Mississippi’s focus on phonics and high standards has propelled it to the top in reading scores, outperforming richer states ...

The 74 reports that reading for pleasure among kids has significantly declined, driven by distractions like smartphones and ...

A miracle defies the laws of nature. This is why “the Mississippi Miracle,” the sobriquet for the extraordinary gains that students in the Gulf state have made in reading in ...