The Golden State is now following the Magnolia State’s phonics success.

A well-crafted Orton-Gillingham curriculum enables young learners to develop strong reading and writing skills. It helps ...

Kindergarten students Gabby Kim, left, and Ellie Such answer questions on a literacy lesson during Julie Celestial's kindergarten class at Mark Twain Elementary School in Long Beach. For the record: 4 ...

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 ...

As students head back to school across New York State, classrooms are also going back to basics. Following a 2024 decision ...

Re: “Far too many California children can’t read” (Page A7, June 17). Denise Amos says that California districts encourage students to memorize words, and believes they should instead be using phonics ...

Marion Joseph died in 2022 and therefore cannot celebrate what at long last is happening in California to improve children’s abysmal levels of reading comprehension. Joseph, a renowned expert on ...

To understand why classrooms look so different today, it helps to trace how teaching methods have evolved. From the rise of “new math” to the renewed focus on phonics, the story of modern education is ...

Thanksgiving is a wonderful opportunity to incorporate stories, language, and creativity into the classroom or at home.

Forget the dreaded Friday spelling test, and don't count on spell check to do the job. For too long, spelling has been ...

4:16 p.m. June 2, 2025: An earlier version of this report incorrectly said teaching phonics was new to Long Beach Unified. Some phonics has been taught in the district for years, but a new focus on ...