"Strong progress" is being made in Peterborough, although results remain below the national average.

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

Jolly Phonics trainer Khanyisa Masiza covered the building blocks of phonics during the session. Photos: Nikhil Gopichand. DEDICATED teachers went back to basics for a refresher session of the Jolly ...

Every field has a technique that’s, shall we say, uncomfortable. Something simple, effective, and powerful. But also something professionals quietly avoid. In reading instruction, that technique was ...

Bring back the practice worksheets of yore, perfect that slant, and — please — loop those lowercase Ls and Gs. Just as phonics-based reading recently returned to favor after years of emphasizing whole ...

YAVAPAI COUNTY – When Steve King promised phonics-based reading structures for Yavapai County schools, he meant it. The county school superintendent celebrated negotiating intergovernmental agreements ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The policies on teaching reading have insisted that an approach called "systematic ...

The Country Director of Universal Learning Solutions (ULS), Patrick Uzu, has said over 30 million pupils have benefitted from the Jolly Phonics Project while 241,227 primary school teachers were ...

The Education Secretary will set an ambition for 90% of pupils to reach the expected standard in phonics by the end of year 1. Bridget Phillipson will set out the core tenets of the Government’s ...

You write that “California Learns From Mississippi” (Review & Outlook, Sept. 27) on phonics, but I fear you give too much credit to Golden State legislators. Assembly Bill 2222, proposed in 2024, ...

First-grader Mary Greer shows her work during a phonics-based reading lesson at Hunt Valley Elementary School in Springfield, Virginia. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post) The “reading wars” that ...

The Allan Labor Government’s Year 1 Phonics Check is helping teachers manage their workloads – with 94 per cent of Victorian government schools now choosing to use the assessment tool ahead of its ...