The Declaration of Independence was originally drafted by former US President Thomas Jefferson in consultation with committee members such as John Adams.

America's got talent. It's also got scenery, history and a national anthem no one can sing. Those are just some of the things we celebrate, each time July 4 rolls around. But there's one thing we ...

We've gathered some of the best apps, games, and websites for building your kids' reading skills. Together, these resources cover reading skills from letter recognition, phonics, and sight words to ...

This one is notable because the second syllable of this word, the one that sounds like own, is how the numeral "one" used to ...

I was grateful to John Lane, of East Falmouth, for coining tele-font-ics and, in particular, for explaining what led him to ...

Stereophonics are playing as part of the Summer Sessions series of concerts at Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park on Saturday, June ...

Our focus is on skills, not tools. What do we want students to learn? That comes first,” says Bill Bass, innovation ...

Glorifying consumption | Life of privation | Safeguard bees. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for June 20, 2025.

As a former reading specialist, I know that both phonics and memorization, “sight words,” are needed. If there were one system that worked, we’d all be using it. One system alone doesn’t work.

Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

Phonics, a method that teaches the connection between letters and sounds, is at the center of a new push by California lawmakers to close the state’s early childhood literacy gap. A bill backed by ...