Apodaca: Phonics and penmanship return to the classroom

Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging ...
eSchool News

A recipe for using explicit phonics instruction in reading lessons

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...
Los Angeles Times

Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...
The Conversation

Phonics isn’t working – for children’s reading to improve, they need to learn to love stories

Willem Hollmann is affiliated with the Committee for Linguistics in Education (CLiE) and with the Education Committee of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB). Cathie Wallace is ...
The Conversation

Phonics teaching in England needs to change – our new research points to a better approach

Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust; the Nuffield Foundation; the Leverhulme Trust; and The Monday Charitable Trust. Alice Bradbury receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust, ...
Columbia Daily Spectator

Teachers College parts ways with Calkins’ controversial reading curriculum, transitions to new initiative

Teachers College professor Lucy Calkins’ Units of Study For Teaching Reading curriculum was once used in hundreds of New York City public schools and thousands of elementary schools nationwide. A ...