Phonics is a cornerstone skill, both in the context of the Science of Reading as well as across curricula.

2. Students need to learn all the foundational skills. I see approaches that heavily emphasize just one or two skills, such as phonics, but completely miss others.

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

Inside the national effort to spread the science of reading and improve U.S. reading proficiency rates through phonics-based instruction.

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I ...

Nearly 60% of third graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach to teach students.

The Fight Over Phonics Why American schools are changing how reading is taught.