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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The opposing side champions "balanced literacy," emphasizing word recognition and context clues. Policies have vacillated back and forth for over a century, but since 2019, the science of reading ...

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

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 ...