The Conversation

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

Dominic Wyse receives funding from The Helen Hamlyn Trust for his centre The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy, he also receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. In recent years he has received ...
The New York Times

In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat

Lucy Calkins, a leading literacy expert, has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics and the science of reading. Critics may not be appeased. By Dana Goldstein For decades, ...
Time

Inside the Massive Effort to Change the Way Kids Are Taught to Read

As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court. It worked ...
Science News

It’s time to stop debating how to teach kids to read and follow the evidence

On a chilly Tuesday back in January, my 7-year-old son’s classroom in Minneapolis was humming with reading activities. At their desks, first- and second-graders wrote on worksheets, read independently ...

PEL Learning Introduces ‘PEL Phonics App’ — Bringing Its Phonics‑Based English Learning Program to Mobile Devices

PEL Learning launched the PEL Phonics app to support early literacy by helping young learners practice phonograms, letter sounds, and pronunciation at home. HAYWARD, CA, UNITED STATES, January 2, 2026 ...