PROFESSOR Jim Conroy raises important issues concerning the teaching of reading and he rightly includes the need to foster "a lifelong engagement with the written word" ("Reading skills damaged by ...

Michael Rosen's letter on synthetic phonics (March 24) is straight out of the reading wars. Well, I do not "know full well" that the research evidence is unreliable. First, in comparing like with like ...

Phonics helps teach children how to merge separate sounds together to make it one word. from www.shutterstock.com The efficacy of phonics as a method of teaching has been debated for several decades, ...

EdReports, the nonprofit curriculum reviewer, released its first reviews of foundational reading and writing skills programs on Wednesday—and none of the materials met the evaluator’s highest standard ...

England’s education secretary has endorsed a plan that would mandate a more direct method of teaching phonics. Read the British consultant’s report on literacy instruction. Ruth Kelly, who took over ...

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 ...

If, as I am about to, you venture into the debate about reading methods, it is wise to don a crash helmet. It is odd that one of the most rewarding parts of a child's education - the moment when they ...

Education Minister Simon Birmingham released a report today recommending that all Year 1 students in Australia complete a phonics test. The panel responsible for the report has recommended that ...