As educators and families search for ways to improve early literacy outcomes, the Scott County Library System is expanding a ...

Learning to read in English is not just about using context (e.g., pictures) to guess the meaning of the words on the page but also about being aware of the sounds in words and their use. This ability ...

Teaching a child to read is all about "decoding," a fundamental skill in which readers sound out unfamiliar words. While it may seem like a fancy educational term – and some parents will hear it a ...

Alice Bradbury receives funding from the Helen Hamlyn Trust which funds the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy at UCL. She is a member of the Labour Party and the Universities and College Union. The ...

The phonic screening check was introduced in 2012, as part of the government's drive to improve reading standards in schools More children are meeting the expected standard in the "phonics check" for ...