Next week, the unpopular teacher licensure test, the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment, will be officially retired ...

1. Teaching phonics is great and absolutely necessary, but beware of non-phonetic words such as those spelled with “ough” (tough, bough, ought, through, though). 2.

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

Cueing methods include phonics, Compton-Lilly said — that's what the "visual" cue of three-cueing is supposed to mean, not pictures.

Education Watered-down bill makes phonics-based reading instruction optional in California by Carolyn Jones • CalMatters May 4, 2025, 8:15 a.m.

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But given the evidence in favor of phonics and California’s long history using whole word—to the detriment of students—unions are adhering to a key plank in the progressive education lexicon.

That’s why it’s promising Michigan passed legislation last year to require a “science of reading” approach — a phonics-based reading curriculum — in kindergarten through 3rd grade. Gov.

Teachers are being instructed to dedicate just 10 minutes to teaching their students phonics at a northern suburbs school, despite the government’s 25 minute recommendation. From this year ...

ALBANY — Phonics is king again. Every school district in New York must revert to teaching phonics in prekindergarten through third grade, starting this fall, the Board of Regents decided Monday.