Former elementary teacher helps young readers through tutoring program

Sarah Skolnik of Poway created Young Reader Support to focus on helping students in kindergarten through third grade.

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 ...

NYC Schools Are Losing Students and Burning Cash. Mamdani Could Make the Situation Worse.

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is inheriting a public school system that has made some progress in student learning but ...
CalMatters

Expect more phonics lessons in California schools under law Newsom signed

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Edutopia

Adding Movement to Phonics Instruction

At Gilles-Sweet Elementary in Fairview Park, Ohio, kindergarten teacher Keri Laughlin combines movement and phonics to help her students build the foundational literacy skills they’ll need as readers.
Edutopia

A Process for Successful Learning Labs

Learning labs are a structure where teachers can observe each other teaching and walk away with ideas to take back to their own classrooms. As an instructional coach, I’ve been lucky enough to work ...
Wall Street Journal

California Learns From Mississippi on Phonics

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Photo: I-Images/Zuma Press There are few things people on both sides of the political aisle agree ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth ISD to consider Bluebonnet reading lessons. Why is it controversial?

Students work on reading comprehension with retired teacher Wanda Mckenzie at Clifford Davis Elementary School on Feb. 3, 2025, in Fort Worth. Amanda McCoy [email protected] The Fort Worth ...
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Phonics and Spelling Rules Made Fun With Catchy Rap Songs!

I'm sharing one of my favorite online resources for teaching phonics and spelling—Mr. Spelling on YouTube! His rap songs break down tricky spelling patterns and rules in a way that kids love and ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Readers applaud the return of phonics, but teaching reading shouldn’t stop there

To the editor: In 1970, I was a student teacher and then a second-grade teacher in New York. I later became a learning and reading specialist and taught the teachers. Throughout my training, I learned ...
Los Angeles Times

Could phonics solve California’s reading crisis? Inside the push for sweeping changes

To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...
Post and Courier

SC is all in on the 'science of reading.' Some schools say its phonics approach makes a difference.

Tasked with spelling out the word "drop," the first grader at Logan Elementary School had instead written "drip" onto his laminated sheet with a dry-erase marker. But quickly realizing that spelling ...