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Eric Adams is pivoting New York City public schools to phonics. The debate about the best way to help children learn to read goes back years, but an overwhelming body of data has shown the benefit of having kids sound out letters and words.

West Contra Costa Unified will study its literacy instruction practices this year to come up with a comprehensive plan to improve students' reading skills.

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Kerrville Independent School board trustees voted unanimously to approve an 18 percent decrease in the district’s tax rate while also adopting a balanced budget that includes pay raises for teachers

ORONO -- On a recent Wednesday evening, Jerdon Kiesman and a couple dozen of his classmates from the University of Maine were in classrooms at Alton

A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise in American schools. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate backers on each side of the so-called reading wars. The battle has reached into homes via commercials...