When it comes to reading, middle school students need foundational literacy instruction that respects age, cognitive ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What is the appropriate role of phonics in reading instruction? The role of phonics in reading instruction is often debated: how big, how small, and how should it be ...

For many, the “science of reading” has become synonymous with phonics instruction. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have said the movement to align reading instruction with what the research ...

In 1955, Rudolph Flesch wrote a simple book, Why Johnny Can’t Read, in which he pointed out that education was failing simply because we were no longer teaching reading by using phonics. It seems no ...

Misty Adoniou works for the University of Canberra. She has received funding from government and non-government organisations to research in the areas of curriculum, refugee education, teacher ...