Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

Only about one-third of elementary school students in the U.S. are reading at grade ... best known for arguing that phonics, or the relationship between letters and their sounds, is key to ...

He said: "One thing that I think is important in this game is the starting word chosen. Starting off with words that include ...

phonics people would say, like trick ponies), not to use their knowledge of letters and sounds to decode words they haven't seen before. Rudolf Flesch's scorching 1955 best seller Why Johnny Can't ...

Educators, parents and policy-makers are grappling with a new understanding of what children actually need to become good ...

Known as the 'science of reading,' this approach to teaching literacy emphasizes phonics, which breaks words ... revealed that a significant number of U.S. fourth graders are struggling with ...

A grandmother from Menlo Park dubbed the “Paul Revere of the Reading Wars," she was a crusader for phonics instruction, which focuses on the relationships between the letters of written language and ...

Authored by Dr. Anita Archer, Phonics for Reading builds the skills and confidence needed for students in Grades 3–12 to close the gap to grade level ...

Hanford has done yeoman work over the past five years in raising awareness of fundamental problems with the way children in the U.S.—and some ... in words to the letters that represent them.

Rethinking Literacy & Math in the U.S. The key to fostering a love for learning is engaging ... like phonemic awareness, phonics, letter and sound recognition, and high-frequency words. They also ...

U. of U. students recently voted themselves the second least politically active student body out of 390 four-year colleges surveyed. They answered the question, “My level of political awareness is ...