North Star uses i-Ready, a reading diagnostic test from Curriculum Associates administered in the fall to help determine each ...

Pennsylvania legislators are pushing schools to use the science of reading to improve literacy. But some Philly teachers ...

You rarely see friction between Austin ISD administrators and the board of trustees at the district’s biweekly board meetings ...

What is Phase 5 phonics? Phase 5 phonics involves introducing children to the many alternative ways of representing spoken sounds using different spellings. They also learn that you can pronounce some ...

As the "science of reading" movement has spread, predictable texts for beginning readers have come under fire.

It’s designed with a focus on phonics, offering interactive games and engaging activities ... and read-along stories not only keeps the learning process fun but also helps in reinforcing the lessons.

Who’s to blame for student illiteracy? Look in the mirror, administrators.

Throughout her nearly 30-year career as an elementary school reading specialist, Christie Welsby has struggled to find material that was both decodable (able to be sounded out) and engaging. “The ...

The “science of reading” is a body of knowledge referring to how students learn to sound out words ... Teach basics, phonics, set up a supported home reading scheme, and hear kids regularly ...

IMSE recently recognized St. Francis’ success in implementing the literacy approach over the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years ...

THIS THIRD GRADE CLASS AT CARLETON INNOVATION SCHOOL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PHONICS LESSON. WHAT I’M TRYING ... "(Kindergarten to second grade) are where those Appleseeds grades are hitting ...