The original proposal would have mandated phonics instruction in K-12 classrooms. The latest version makes that optional.

As states rush to address falling literacy scores, a new kind of education debate in state legislatures is taking hold: not ...

Some teachers and advocates objected to a plan to require phonics instruction in K-12 schools. The latest deal makes it ...

"Teachers need space and support to respond to student needs, not top-down mandates," writes one reader. Another notes the ...

Artificial intelligence is increasingly being embedded into many tools that students and teachers use daily, and experts say it’s important for educators to understand and engage with the ...

As the Feb. 24 article states, Louisiana is using the "science of reading" emphasizing phonics and teaching students to "decipher words letter by letter and sound by sound." The results ...