Education Week

A Focus on Phonics or Comprehension? What Reading Research Should Look Like in Practice

As schools around the nation scramble to respond to the alarm bells set off by falling scores on “the nation’s report card,” we—two university professors who teach reading courses and who are former ...
Forbes

The Science Of Reading Isn’t Just ‘Phonics,’ But What Else Is It?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Oct 10, 2023, 12:05pm EDT Oct 13, 2023, 02:47pm EDT This article is ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

What is phonics? Here's a guide to reading terms parents should know

Editor's note: With low reading proficiency scores across the state, USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin is exploring the causes and consequences of low literacy. This article is part of the By the Book ...
Time

Inside the Massive Effort to Change the Way Kids Are Taught to Read

A third-grader works through a phonics lesson in Washington, Ill. A third-grader works through a phonics lesson in Washington, Ill.Matt Dayhoff—USA TODAY Network/Reuters Editor at Large As a teacher ...
Post and Courier

SC is all in on the 'science of reading.' Some schools say its phonics approach makes a difference.

Tasked with spelling out the word "drop," the first grader at Logan Elementary School had instead written "drip" onto his laminated sheet with a dry-erase marker. But quickly realizing that spelling ...