To look inside Julie Celestial’s kindergarten classroom in Long Beach is to peer into the future of reading in California. During a recent lesson, 25 kindergartners gazed at the whiteboard, trying to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 11—LIMA — John Parent sat in the kindergarten classroom in wonderment as he saw the "science of reading" paying off in ...

The battle over the best way to teach children how to read has re-erupted in the California Legislature, as dueling factions haggle over a bill that would mandate a phonics-based style of reading ...

What should an elementary reading block look like? For such a common part of the school day, it’s surprising to find that there’s no one right answer. More than 40 states have passed legislation ...

In the past, when someone new came into his kindergarten classroom to provide unsolicited “support,” the author’s immediate thought was always, “OK, great, what are they trying to sell me?” A literacy ...

4:16 p.m. June 2, 2025: An earlier version of this report incorrectly said teaching phonics was new to Long Beach Unified. Some phonics has been taught in the district for years, but a new focus on ...