WASHINGTON — Back in the 1980s, when Mary Pat Donoghue completed her bachelor’s degree in elementary education, “Units of Study for Teaching Reading” was a popular new program that celebrated children ...
These strategies help connect movements to phonics instruction, giving kids another way to absorb the crucial information.
Teaching methods have changed over recent years, particularly in the areas of reading and writing. The pendulum is swinging ...
MONTICELLO, Ky. — Enchanted. Feats. Persuaded. Tame. Sorrowful. Determined. Barely three weeks into the school year, veteran educator Kristen Phillips had already taught her Bell Elementary second ...
The “reading wars” have been around for longer than you might think. In the 1800s, Horace Mann, the “father of public education” who was the first state education secretary in the country (in ...
Readers discuss an article about a trend back to emphasizing phonics. To the Editor: Re “She Helped Transform Reading Lessons. Now She’s Backtracking” (front page, May 22): As an educator for 30-plus ...
Re: “Far too many California children can’t read” (Page A7, June 17). Denise Amos says that California districts encourage students to memorize words, and believes they should instead be using phonics ...
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