The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose ...

“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 nearly $1M phonics plan will expand K-3 reading instruction while avoiding Bluebonnet’s debated Bible story lessons ...

Too many of California’s children cannot read. Schools must do things differently to change that, and they should start with ...

On July 1, the unpopular Reading Instruction Competence Assessment will be replaced with a performance assessment to ensure teachers are prepared to teach students to read.

MAWA movement | Driver safety | Forgetting civics. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for June 24, 2025.

The governor’s office states, “Extreme heat will impact every community in California and is a public health, climate ...

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Roughly 70% of elementary school students in Berlin aren’t reading at their grade level. Some teachers are saying that’s ...

Welcoming immigrants | Summarizing selfishness. East Bay Times reader letters to the editor for June 18, 2025.

A bill asking educators to adopt the "science of reading" emphasizes phonics. Will enough California teachers respond?