Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

To the editor: Education professor Allison Briceño fears overemphasizing foundational skills such as phonics will take time .

Everyone is in favor of kids learning to read ... the sounds associated with letters and how to put letters together into words — phonics and the techniques of “decoding” what a word ...