Taking his cue from initiatives championed by his brother—both as governor of Texas and now as president—Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida has been rolling out his own brand of reading reform over the past few ...

TALLAHASSEE -- Most Florida elementary schools will teach reading through phonics beginning in the next school year due to administrative maneuvering by Education Commissioner Charlie Christ. That ...

BRANDON, Fla. — This week’s A+ Teacher spent her summer making a difference at Kingswood Elementary School. Jaymie Martinez loves using phonics to help her students learn. She taught first graders ...

Monroe County schools are reverting to an old, effective tool in phonics programs, said Heidi Roberts, literacy coordinator for the district. During a Nov. 18 school board meeting at Coral Shores High ...

As a teacher in Oakland, Calif., Kareem Weaver helped struggling fourth- and fifth-grade kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonics-based reading curriculum called Open Court. It worked ...