First you learn to read, then you read to learn. But if you don’t learn to read effectively, how can you ever read to learn effectively? Although research on reading instruction clearly and ...

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 ...

Reed is deputy editor of the editorial and opinion section. Email: chris.reed@sduniontribune.com. Twitter: @calwhine. Column archive: sdut.us/chrisreed. Who are the most dangerous cultists — adherents ...

The chancellor of New York City Schools, David C. Banks, announced a dramatic overhaul of the city’s reading curricula on Tuesday. He admitted that the current system, which is based on progressive ...

For the 2023-24 school year — which officially starts Wednesday — Reading Language Arts curricula will add a phonics-based approach. It replaces the whole-language approach, a method districts across ...

A report from the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation takes a swipe at the whole-language movement for promoting reading materials and teaching methods the author says are of questionable value. Whole ...

A literary approach to the teaching of reading comprehension evolved from dissatisfaction with self-instructional materials and individualized lab classes. Using novels, essays, and short stories, the ...