In 1955, Rudolph Flesch wrote a simple book, Why Johnny Can’t Read, in which he pointed out that education was failing simply because we were no longer teaching reading by using phonics. It seems no ...
The reality, however, is that it’s simplistic to merely blame the pandemic. The erosion of English reading skills, particularly in public schools, started decades ago with a long-simmering war on ...
Description: Hooked on Phonics is an Android app that’s from the same people behind well, Hooked on Phonics. The team that started back in the late-eighties now has excellent mobile apps for both ...
There’s a great saying by author Anna Quindlen: “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey.” And she’s spot on. Books, and the ability to read them ...
WASHINGTON – “Bit!” Ayana Smith called out as she paced the alphabet rug in front of her kindergarten students at Garrison Elementary School. “Buh! Ih! Tuh!” the class responded in unison, making ...
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, ...