Chad Aldeman has long been steeped in the education policy world. Yet he was still caught off-guard when he realized that his son wasn’t sounding out new words by the time he was in 1st grade but was ...

Phonics is a method that teaches children how to read by connecting letters based on sound groups. Together, through memory and practice, children can begin to easily sound out and blend words when ...

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest results.

Sound it out. Ph-o-n-i-c-s. You use the fundamental skill every day. Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a ...

New York City officials said Tuesday that the city will require all of its elementary schools to employ phonics programs in teaching children to read, saying alternate systems that have been in place ...