Want to know if it’s time for phonics in Belinda Williams’s kindergarten classroom? Stand in the hall and listen. “I love phonics because it’s something that’s so easy to make fun,” Williams said. “We ...

Arguments about the best way to teach children to read can be intense – they’ve even been described as “the reading wars”. In England, as in many other countries, much of the debate has been over the ...

Literacy educators support a “balanced approach” to teaching early literacy, and are divided when it comes to the importance of foundational skills like phonics instruction, according to a new survey ...

In Tuesday's federal budget, the government will be under intense pressure to markedly increase school funding while restraining growth in spending across the board. Education Minister Simon ...

All schoolchildren in England will be taught to read using the "back-to-basics" method of phonics from September this year, the government announced today. The move comes despite warnings from early ...

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 ...

The manner in which children are taught to read in England is in need of urgent reform, more than 250 experts have said in a letter to the government. According to research, led by academics from UCL, ...

Last week, I spent a fascinating afternoon at John Donne primary school with 24 early years and foundation stage (EYFS) teachers listening to deputy head and early years specialist Ruth Moyler share ...

'Cut phonics teaching': Vital improvements needed in how we teach children to read, say 250 teachers and academics An open letter is sent to the Education Secretary calling for changes in how children ...

Many primary schools in England are not teaching letter sounds properly, inspectors have said - hindering children's progress in reading and writing. The vast majority of schools have now moved to an ...