First grader Aizlynn Castillo works on an assignment in Diana Oviedo-Holguin’s English-learner class at Heritage Elementary ...

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...

Last year, Michigan approved two new literacy laws aimed at districts using programs that are not aligned with what’s known ...

The latest findings from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have sent tremors through the American education system. Twelfth-grade reading proficiency has slipped to 35 percent, ...

You write that the Golden State is “jumping on the caboose” of the pro-phonics movement in reading instruction (“California Learns From Mississippi,” Review & Outlook, Sept. 27). Yet nearly 30 years ...