"Can you imagine if someone told you that everything you've been taught in school and everything you've been doing for the past 20 years is flawed?" Monica Covington-Cradle of the AIM Institute for ...

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The warring factions in the phonics vs. whole-language debate need to stop arguing and work together, says the dean of Purdue University's School of Education. "The debate is ...

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

Phonics and morphology instruction combine to give learners the skills to decode, understand, and spell words with greater accuracy and confidence. By teaching the links between sounds, letters, and ...

There is more to phonics than whole language enthusiasts are willing to accept - There is more to whole language than phonics proponents are willing to accept. Struggling Readers.com is offering a ...

It’s too bad pedagogy is called pedagogy. Most people probably aren’t sure what the word even means, but, if somebody did it, they should go to prison. If the science of teaching had better branding — ...

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 learned ...

What are we missing?” A nationwide gap in phonics instruction galvanized the science of reading movement. But as the movement ...

Early literacy grows stronger when children actively see, hear, and touch language. Multisensory phonics—using movement, tactile tools, and visual cues—deepens sound-letter connections. These engaging ...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 is updating its K-8 literacy curriculum to emphasize necessary foundational skills, including word recognition and language comprehension, needed to read complex ...