New York students must learn phonics, Regents decide
Every school district in New York must revert to teaching phonics in grades pre-K through third, starting this fall, the ...
Board of Regents decides phonics should be taught in schools
Changes to the reading curriculum are headed to schools in New York State. The Board of Regents recently decided phonics, the ...
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The Alphablocks guide to phonics
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 ...
Phonics-based ‘science of reading’ on track for South Dakota implementation
Phonics-based instruction could soon be a state standard in South Dakota. The Department of Education is working to align ...
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Parents Sue Lucy Calkins, Fountas and Pinnell, and Others Over Reading Curricula
Both Calkins’ curriculum and those created by Fountas and Pinnell were the focus of “Sold A Story,” the award-winning podcast by APM Reports that detailed the genesis of the cueing method—in which ...
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Two Mass. families sue famed literacy specialists, claiming reading curriculums were intentionally flawed
alleging they deliberately ignored the scientific consensus about the importance of phonics to early reading to the detriment of their children’s learning. The lawsuit, filed in Suffolk Superior ...