Education Week

Phonics Is Crucial. But How Much Is Too Much?

An influential researcher in the science of reading movement is warns schools may be "overteaching" the skill.

A Maine educator didn’t have a curriculum to teach a foundational reading skill. So she created one.

A new curriculum teaches young children how to break down words by their sounds and then put them back together.
KSL

Young kids missed pandemic's school disruptions, but their reading scores are still behind

When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today's youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

The pandemic disrupted young children's early schooling. Their reading scores are still behind

The data suggest the slump in academic performance is not rooted only in instructional disruption, but that broader societal shifts might be at play.

New phonics program helps boost reading levels for Stockton students

After previous years of low literacy rates, San Joaquin County is actively making changes to improve student reading scores.

Stockton Unified reports jump in early reading scores after new literacy program

After previous years of low literacy rates, San Joaquin County is actively making changes to improve student reading scores.
WFMZ-TV

Reading launches grant program to improve historic homes

READING, Pa. - Reading is in the midst of a program designed to improve historic homes. About 800 homes in the Prince Historic District could be eligible for a facade restoration grant. The program ...
WFMZ-TV

Recovery program founder charged with luring participants into providing free labor, not allowing them to leave

WYOMISSING, Pa. - Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry announced charges against the founder and operator of a Berks County-based non-profit organization for men with substance abuse issues.