The extent of the illiteracy epidemic in Michigan and elsewhere demands more than simply switching curriculum materials in ...

The period spanning Kindergarten through Grade 3 is the most critical for instruction in the language ... From then onwards children should be introduced to Phonics Activities such as Manipulating, ...

One member of the California state board of education, a phonics man who is married to a third-grade teacher, described the appeal of whole-language to teachers this way: "It's easier to teach ...

This is the first school year third grade students may be held back based ... and a return to basic fundamentals like phonics ...