Note: This story is the second of a three-part series. It was updated at 3:25 p.m. Tuesday, June 5, to clarify several quotes ...

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use ...

The state's public school system has largely embraced what's often called the "science of ... never going to get to comprehension on their own," said Sandra Bosler, a reading coach in the ...

So 50 children with basic reading comprehension were taught 9 letters ... it's advisable to move on to free writing. However, what is most clear is the need to prioritize manual practice in ...

and comprehension. “We even saw it when the common-core standards came out,” Sojewicz said. Experts have warned that the science of reading movement won’t lead to better student outcomes if ...

A new “science of reading” core literacy ... decoding and linguistic comprehension. And it highlights five “pillars” of reading proficiency that students need: phonemic awareness, phonics ...

vocabulary and comprehension. Jillian Carlson, a lobbyist for the Board of Regents that governs the state’s public universities, said the science of reading concepts are taught to prospective ...

"Studies show that pupils in primary education and students in higher education have poorer reading comprehension after reading a text ... They also show that fewer pupils read in their free time now, ...

Learners who opt not to create their own story can pick from curated passages in ReadWorks, a library of resources for reading comprehension. “Reading Coach intrinsically motivates learners to ...

Reading comprehension is a complex endeavor ... as students learn to recognize sound parts and how letters represent sounds in print. However some students continue to struggle with decoding ...