In response to our story about Illinois' renewed emphasis on teaching reading with phonics, dozens of you wrote to tell us how you learned to read. What you're saying: Though a few readers liked ...

In fact, some of the most common English words are nonphonetic. For example, the words to and do do not rhyme with so or go.

Six-year-olds across Victoria will have reading skills put to the test this year with a new phonics check, which will help ...

The annual celebration coincides with Dr. Seuss's birthday, which is March 2nd. This marks the 4th year for the gathering.

The check measures their ability to use synthetic phonics—an approach to teaching reading—to blend sounds together to read words. If they don't pass, children take the test again in the next ...