Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The ...

The decision to require all New York City elementary schools to teach a phonics-based curriculum will make New York a national leader in literacy education. The mandate, announced by Mayor Adams last ...

Government data has shown that in 2022-23, 30% of five-year-olds in England were not meeting the expected standard for literacy at the end of their reception year at school. Literacy was the area of ...

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America’s kids aren’t learning how to read, a skill which forms the building blocks of nearly every other subject or discipline and a lifelong capacity for acquiring knowledge. That’s why it’s ...

When children are taught to read and write though phonics they have to remember many exceptions, so-called 'sight words'. In addition, the linguist David Crystal estimated that almost half of all ...

"The Vowel A" teaches viewers about the short and long sounds of the vowel letter A. It explains how the presence of a final 'e' at the end of words changes the sound of A from short to long. Through ...

Dyslexic Christchurch schoolboy Ben Scurr lost "the sparkle in his eyes" when he struggled to read at school; now his mum has organised a phonics tutor for him. Photo / Supplied Parents of dyslexic ...

More children are meeting the expected standard in the "phonics check" for six-year-olds in England, the government says. Some 74% passed the test in 2014, up from 58% in 2012, new data suggests.

More children are meeting the expected standard in the "phonics check" for six-year-olds in England, the government says. Some 74% passed the test in 2014, up from 58% in 2012, new data suggests.