The Mail & GuardianOpinion

Mother-tongue education is failing

The numbers tell a politically uncomfortable truth. A survey of all Grade 4 children in Makhanda’s no-fee public schools this ...
Opinion

HISD's Mike Miles says his curriculum is 'high quality.' It's not even vetted.

For the first time, Texas is vetting curricula for quality and paying districts extra to use approved materials. But HISD won't submit Mike Miles' controversial NES curriculum for review.
The Heritage FoundationOpinion

Florida, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana and More: Education Savings Accounts That Give Parents More Choices.

For more than a century, parents and teachers have been engaged in “reading wars” between those who favor phonics (teaching ...
The Atlantic

The Ever-Present Panic About America’s Schools

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. Was there ever a time when Americans believed that kids were actually ...
educationhq

Teaching phonics at high school: teacher’s literacy intervention sees huge impact

And to have that additional challenge of ‘how do I teach science to a student who’s reading at a Prep level?’ (is tricky to navigate).” Students that are EAL learners and others with sizeable gaps in ...
Times of San Diego

Expect more phonics lessons in California schools under law Newsom signed

Students in class at Lake Marie Elementary School in Whittier, on Nov. 17, 2022. (Photo by Lauren Justice/For Cal Matters) This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their ...
LAist

Expect more phonics lessons in California schools under law Newsom signed

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WGBH

GBH Daily: Learning to read, reading to learn

This is a web edition of GBH Daily, a weekday newsletter bringing you local stories you can trust so you can stay informed without feeling overwhelmed. ⛅Warmer today with highs in the 80s. Sunset is ...
Education Week

Districts Using ‘High-Quality’ Reading Curricula Still Supplement With Other Materials. Why?

As the “science of reading” movement has grown, more districts are moving away from reading programs featuring practices that aren’t supported by research, and toward programs that are rated highly by ...
LAist

California retires RICA, new teacher test to focus on phonics

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Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Readers applaud the return of phonics, but teaching reading shouldn’t stop there

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 ...