The Conversation

Isolated phonics lessons aren’t working: here’s a better way to teach young children to read and write

Since 2010, five and six year-old children in England have been taught to read using a particular variant of “systematic phonics”. “Phonics” describes methods of teaching reading that emphasise ...
The Hechinger Report

The next literacy challenge: Teaching students how to write

Sand Creek Elementary kindergarten teacher Kristin Allen guides her students through a writing assignment. Allen says she has seen more writing growth this year than in any of her previous years ...