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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 ...

For most students, instruction in how to read ends sometime in elementary school. But some kids still struggle well beyond ...

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 ...

Fort Worth ISD students, however, are not receiving enough instruction to master phonics, district officials said. As part of a wide-sweeping district restructuring, phonics lessons will be ...