This week, back to school is in full swing. And children up and down the country will be sat (well, this may be optimistic) ready to learn. In early years education, reading is key. And the great ...

Hooked on Phonics has been ranked the best learn-to-read program for 2026 by Top Consumer Reviews, recognized for blending structured, step-by-step literacy instruction with both digital and physical ...

Phonics is a method that teaches children how to read by linking letters together based on sound groups. Together, these alphabetical combinations can aid children to easily begin pairing them by ...

Even though it’s the dog days of summer vacation, many schools across the country are getting ready to bring students back into the classroom — and that means giving serious thought to the best ways ...

Fordham Institute and the RAND Corp., asked more than 1,200 K-3 teachers in the fall of 2025 about their perspectives on reading instruction, the practices they use in their classrooms, the training ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of phonics in reading instruction? The role of phonics in reading instruction is often debated: how big, how small, and how should it be ...

When Florida State Assessment scores revealed that our third-graders were under-performing in reading, my colleagues and I analyzed the data to determine the root cause of performance. The data showed ...

Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading scores lag 2 percentage points below 2022 levels and ...