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.

“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...

Few decisions a society makes are as consequential as how it teaches children to read. Children who can’t read proficiently ...

The new bill, AB 1121, would require all schools to use a method based on the so-called "science of reading," which emphasizes phonics. Last year, an almost identical bill died in the Assembly ...

California’s dismal reading scores point to the need to bolster early literacy, but here's why experts say it may be possible ...

California schools use about half a dozen reading curricula, and some are more phonics-based than others. Typically, schools use a combination of programs and give teachers some leeway.

Some phonics has been taught in the district for years, but a new focus on phonics has been adopted. To look inside Julie Celestial's kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the ...