EdSource · The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 January 8, 2026 - It's time for John ...

The balanced approach is about understanding the structure of words and language as a whole.” Contrary to a myth that some people have promoted, a balanced approach is not ‘whole language’ teaching in ...

In recent years, the once-esoteric term “evidence-based reading instruction” has spread beyond research institutions to become part of the vernacular of classroom teachers tasked with teaching young ...

Move over "Dick and Jane." A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

Third-grade co-teacher Rebecca Leach helps pupils select the best words for a sentence at Lima’s Heritage Elementary on Tuesday. LIMA — John Parent sat in the kindergarten classroom in wonderment as ...

There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...

Schools across Wisconsin will be prodded to adopt ways of teaching reading that use the phonics-oriented “science of reading” under proposed legislation expected to be unveiled Thursday in Madison.

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading.

4:16 p.m. June 2, 2025: An earlier version of this report incorrectly said teaching phonics was new to Long Beach Unified. Some phonics has been taught in the district for years, but a new focus on ...