With 70% of Grade 1 to 3 learners in South Africa unable to read at grade level, is the phonics method still being taught in ...

A minority of children are already beginning to read by the time they start school This video can not be played Durham University's Andrew Davis: "It's not reading for meaning" The interests of able ...

When your child is first learning to read, you’ll likely be on the lookout for engaging, age-appropriate reading materials to practice with. Decodable books are a type of reading material that allows ...

Readers respond to a landmark study that claims the current emphasis on synthetic phonics is ‘failing children’ Thanks for the article from Sally Weale about the teaching of “synthetic phonics” (Focus ...

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 Department of Education's literacy conference brought together more than 1,000 teachers, administrators and literacy ...

Did you know two-thirds of American students struggle with reading proficiency by fourth grade? Whole Phonics is changing that. Founded by learning specialist Jill Lauren, this research-backed program ...

The interests of able readers are being threatened by an insistence primary school pupils are taught to read using phonics, an academic has said. The Department for Education wants English schools to ...