Thousands of schools once used three-cueing as part of the “balanced literacy” approach championed by Calkins and others that focused, for example, on having children independently read books ...

The bill would have required schools to use evidence-based reading strategies, such as phonics, rather than the now-debunked “balanced literacy” approach, which is based on the idea that ...

When Lucy Calkins developed her approach in the 1990s, the balanced literacy teaching method was heralded as a new philosophy of education. Rather than teaching from rigid phonics textbooks, teachers ...

Nearly everyone backs the science of reading. Why did it take eight years to update the UNC System's literacy curriculum?

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. New York is requiring elementary schools to choose one of three literacy ...

California’s proposed legislation to adopt the science of reading approach to early literacy would have been in sync with other states that have passed similar legislation. States nationwide are ...