In a major shake up of how reading is taught in Victoria, all grade one students will sit a new 10-minute phonics test to ...

Primary school children are being taught the building blocks of language via a method that has had proven success overseas.

Associated Press A lawsuit filed by a pair of Massachusetts families is adding to the backlash against an approach to reading instruction that some schools still use despite evidence that it’s not the ...

Grace Mixon didn't tell her dad she was wearing her late mom's dress until their first look the day of the wedding.

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Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...

Raanan Albert was diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called CLTC-related disorder and began learning to ride a bike during his physical therapy sessions.

Despite going through three levels of a checking process, yet another Tasmanian exam paper has been found to contain an error — the sixth mistake discovered across ...

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Parents need to know that Sesame Street Alphabet Kitchen focuses on three- and four-letter word combinations, building vocabulary and phonics skills. It can be played using the vowels from the Tiggly ...

As children practice associating the symbols of the alphabet with their corresponding ... are the best way for readers to practice their phonics skills, says Linda Farrell, one of the founding ...

While it incorporates some phonics, balanced literacy also teaches kids to rely on tricks like guessing at words based on the picture or the first letter of the word. The balanced literacy method ...