Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...

Over the past 20 years, average reading performance has been stagnant for Year 5 students with fewer high-achieving readers ...

A special school in Devon is petitioning the government to make phonics testing inclusive for children who have speech and ...

New research led by a team from Royal Holloway and the World Bank asserts that teaching methods should improve, after discovering that global literacy goals will not be met without major intervention.

In terms of where you would put phonics, in terms of priority in the lesson, many would argue that we haven’t got time to do it. In essence though it really is the fundamental building block of ...

Phonics instruction is still a part of this kind of teaching methodology but in a less structured manner. Instead of teaching phonics sequentially, teachers might discuss letter-sound ...

Phonics, just like every other aspect of literacy, depends on understanding and thinking. The key to teaching phonics well is not just teaching them their ABCs, you must know the ABCs, but it's ...

These clips are suitable for teaching music at EYFS and Key Stage 1 in England, Foundation in Wales, Early Years and Foundation KS1 in Northern Ireland and Early and First Level in Scotland.

Last month, an ITV News investigation revealed that a method which has been discredited for decades is being widely used in schools across Wales. | ITV News Wales ...