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

Several states have embraced an approach that leans heavily on phonics — relying on letter and rhyming sounds to read words.

A California bill proposing mandatory phonics-based reading instruction has advanced but without requiring schools to adopt ...

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US schools are going all in on phonics, but research shows that approach won’t work for every child. A blended literacy ...

There is simply no educational equity, no opportunity and no meaningful learning without skilled and proficient reading — but ...

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The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a phonics-based style of reading ...

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