Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust for his centre The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy, he also receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. In recent years he has received ...

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 ...

Evidence-based reading research, or what many refer to as the Science of Reading, has been a much-discussed topic within the literacy landscape for the past few years. While it may seem like the “next ...

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust; the Nuffield Foundation; the Leverhulme Trust; and The Monday Charitable Trust. Alice Bradbury receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust, ...

A third-grader works through a phonics lesson in Washington, Ill. A third-grader works through a phonics lesson in Washington, Ill.Matt Dayhoff—USA TODAY Network/Reuters Editor at Large As a teacher ...

Readers discuss an article about a trend back to emphasizing phonics. To the Editor: Re “She Helped Transform Reading Lessons. Now She’s Backtracking” (front page, May 22): As an educator for 30-plus ...

On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read independently ...

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 ...

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 ...