PURPLE WIZARD: That’s the letter ‘N’, it makes the ‘n’ sound. N… n, nose! ORANGE WIZARD: Oh! N… n, nails. ORANGE WIZARD: Now we know lots more letters. PURPLE WIZARD: And the sounds they make. ORANGE ...

Patti Ghezzi covered education for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from 1996 until 2006. In a guest column today, Ghezzi writes about the big story she says she missed while covering Georgia schools ...

Lucy Calkins, a leading literacy expert, has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics and the science of reading. Critics may not be appeased. By Dana Goldstein For decades, ...

State Education Commissioner Betty Rosa has overseen sweeping changes to the education system. On Monday, the Board of Regents took on reading, deciding that every school district must revert to ...

As test scores lag, there’s a growing debate between proponents of the “science of reading,” which emphasizes phonics, and traditional educators who prefer to instill a love of literature. Ari Cotton, ...

The phonics screening check is so closely correlated with month of birth that it can be argued that it is a test of age rather than decoding.

More than 45,000 Queensland Year 1 students will undergo compulsory phonics testing from later this term. Here’s how it will work. The Courier-Mail enlisted the Department of Education to explain ...