English learners are sometimes an afterthought in 'science of reading' policies. Some educators want to change that.

A study has confirmed the premise of the Bush administration’s “Reading First” initiative that systematic phonics instruction is essential in teaching young children of all backgrounds to read ...

The International Literacy Association has put out a new brief endorsing “systematic and explicit” phonics in all early reading instruction. “English is an alphabetic language. We have 26 letters.

How explicit is the term “explicit”? And how explicit does a description of the woes in reading ability for Wisconsin students need to be before there is a fresh, broad wave of effort to improve ...

The target for the proportion of children passing the phonics screening check – a test of how well children aged five and six ...