California took a big step toward overhauling its reading curriculum last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill pushing ...

October 9, 2025 - For Chelsea Duran, returning to high school for her senior year means being on high alert, watching over her shoulder for immigration enforcement agents. As California launches a new ...

The law comes on the heels of a host of other literacy initiatives, including mandatory dyslexia screening and universal ...

"I will get teared up because I think I can't read," fourth grader Raven said. Learning to read isn't fair. It comes naturally for some students. But for others it's a frustrating, agonizing process ...

Can you spell deja vu? The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a ...

Sound it out. Ph-o-n-i-c-s. You use the fundamental skill every day. Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a ...

Disney lives up to its rep as a premier name in entertainment with the Pooh early-learning series and Phonics Quest. Each program has cinematic animation, creative story lines, characters that exude ...

A recent New York Times article threatens to revive longstanding misconceptions about phonics. Teaching children to sound out words in a way that’s backed by science shouldn’t carry political baggage.