One member of the California state board of education, a phonics man who is married to a third-grade teacher, described the appeal of whole-language to teachers this way: "It's easier to teach ...

Students from prep to grade 2 will be taught reading using synthetic phonics, which helps students break up words into individual sounds. Teachers will spend a minimum of 25 minutes a day on ...

Abstract: The debate over whole-language versus phonics in teaching children to ... Honig threw himself into the study of elementary-grade instruction. He concluded that under his direction ...