Until the mid-twentieth century, American schools taught youngsters to read using phonics, which formalizes the process by breaking down words into letters and their sounds.

A significant proportion, close to 40%, of children manage to learn to read without explicit and systematic phonics instruction (or with phonics instruction of variable impact) due to a confluence ...

Classic reading instruction relies heavily on phonics, which teaches kids to correlate sounds with letters, enabling them to sound out unfamiliar words.

A focus on teaching children to read using an approach known as synthetic phonics, has sucked the joy out of learning to read, according to the authors of a new study.

In fact, even those who learn to read without explicit phonics instruction would likely be better spellers, and perhaps also better readers, with it.

Regarding Mona Charon’s Jan. 25 commentary, “Why Johnny might finally learn to read”: Before you get too excited about a full phonics approach to reading instruction, remember that you can ...

How phonics is making a comeback as millions of kids struggle to read "I will get teared up because I think I can't read," fourth grader Raven said.

Experts warn that most American children learn with ineffective reading curriculums.

Phonics is a cornerstone skill, both in the context of the Science of Reading as well as across curricula.

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.