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• VTech Makes Learning To Read Even Easier With New Product Line Designed To Improve Children's Communication Skills
  Communication skills are crucial to the social and intellectual development of children. In fact, most parents identify reading as the most critical skill their child needs to be successful in school and in life. Through VTECH’s research with parents, one message comes across consistently, Reading and phonics are really important. If kids can read, they can do anything. Parents also say they feel better buying educational toys because they know there is a lot of pressure to read well in school.
  Author: Spencer Musgrave - Date: March 8, 2004



• America Reads' director praises Help a Child Learn To Read
  Help a Child Learn to Read, the unique new resource from Literacy Volunteers of America, has been praised by the head of the America Reads Challenge, a national program designed to enable every American child to read.
  Author: Trent Manning - Date: January 25, 2006



• New Guide Designed to Help Early Childhood Educators
  The Indiana Department of Education has developed a new guide for early childhood educators to assist them in achieving greater success with students. Created with a team of Indiana educators, the guide uses articles, research, stories, and procedures to suggest ways to improve the total learning environment.
  Author: Elaine Breslauer - Date: March 8, 2004



• New Interactive 'Phonemic Awareness' Program
  LeapFrog SchoolHouse, the school division of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., a leading developer of innovative technology based learning products, today announces the availability of the interactive Phonemic Awareness program for Prekindergarten, Kindergarten and first grade students.
  Author: John Arrow - Date: March 8, 2004



• READY, SET, READ Sets the Stage for Early Learning
  If a child begins school behind his classmates in rudimentary understandings of rhyme and letter sounds he will stay behind throughout his schooling.
  Author: Pauline Adams - Date: March 8, 2004



• Research Indicates Using Phonics is the Best Way to Teach and Learn Reading
  Elementary-school teachers who make phonics the major component to reading education are using the best approach to helping their students become skilled, independent readers, according to a research report issued by the American Psychological Society.
  Author: John Arrow - Date: March 8, 2004



• English as a Second Language Program to Begin
  Jackson Community College is expanding learning opportunities for international students and residents by offering a new English as a Second Language study program. Students or community residents who wish to improve their English-speaking and reading skills may enroll in these interactive, self-paced courses at any of four levels, offered through the Center for Continuing Education.
  Author: Trent Manning - Date: March 15, 2006



• Interactive, Magazine-Style Books Motivate Reluctant Readers in Grades 3-5
  LeapFrog SchoolHouse, the school division of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., today introduces the Read-It-All series of highinterest, low-level books for struggling readers in grades 3-5. This series of interactive books is used in tandem with the multisensory Quantum Pad classroom learning system, designed to appeal to upper elementary students.
  Author: Trudy McMara - Date: March 8, 2004



• A New Reading Program from About Learning, Inc.
  For Kevin Washburn and Cheryl Blackmon, this was more than an academic question. It was the start of a promising and profoundly new approach to reading that has raised test scores and eyebrows in the Alabama school where they teach. Their method--Foundations and Frameworks—teaches students nothing less than the thinking required for reading comprehension.
  Author: Harry Minz - Date: January 22, 2006



• Ballard & Tighe Announces New NCLB-Compliant Language Testing Systems
  Ballard & Tighe, publisher of highly regarded tests and instructional materials for limited English proficient students, has announced plans to release its new IPT 2004 assessment series in time for next Spring’s national testing period. This enhanced version of the company’s pioneering IPT product line retains all its popular testing and scoring features, and complies fully with requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
  Author: Nancy McCarthy - Date: January 29, 2006



• Innovative Honey Nut Cheerios Spelling Bee Game
  After a successful launch of the Cheerios line of preschool games and puzzles in 2000, BRIARPATCH extends their award-winning offering with the addition of the popular Honey Nut Cheerios property and the introduction of three new Cheerios Play Book-inspired products.
  Author: Annabell Ballard - Date: March 7, 2004



• National Reading Panel Reports Combination of Teaching Phonics, Word Sounds, Giving Feedback on Oral Reading Most Effective Way to Teach Reading
  In the largest, most comprehensive evidenced-based review ever conducted of research on how children learn reading, a Congressionally mandated independent panel has concluded that the most effective way to teach children to read is through instruction that includes a combination of methods.
  Author: Anna Sorell - Date: March 7, 2004



• Online Tools and Strategies to Teach Reading Comprehension on the Web
  Many students, including those with learning difficulties and those who are English language learners, struggle with reading comprehension. Reading is a critical skill for academic success in all areas of the curriculum and in the young adult world as well.
  Author: Anna Sorell - Date: March 7, 2004



• Teaching Strategies for Building Fluency: Gateway to Comprehension
  Dr. David J. Chard will present a day-long workshop on Teaching Strategies for Building Fluency: Gateway to Fluency. This workshop is the perfect place for parents and educators to learn more about recent reading research, assessment tools for measuring student fluency, and strategies for increasing reading speed and fluency.
  Author: Anna Sorell - Date: March 7, 2004



• Benetech Receives Funds to Support Online Literacy Learning Service
  Benetech, the leading Silicon Valley technology development nonprofit, announced today that it has received a $50,000 grant from the Severns Family Foundation of Los Gatos, CA to support the creation of the ALL-Link Literacy Learning Service, an online service that will provide best practices reading and writing instruction to beginning adolescent and adult readers. Benetech will develop a demonstration version of ALL-Link while raising funds to complete and launch ALL-Link as a nonprofit enterprise.
  Author: Natalie Sorenson - Date: February 1, 2006



• Center For Reading Excellence Tackles Middle School Reading At Baltimore City Low-Performing Schools
  Modest but tangible improvement is resulting from a middle school reading program targeting some of Baltimore City’s most struggling schools. The Middle School Reading Assistance Project targeted middle school students at more than a dozen Baltimore City reconstitution-eligible schools who were poorly equipped to meet the reading demands of middle school, as well as the lack of reading training teachers had to effectively address those needs. Preliminary results were presented to the State Board of Education this week at its regular monthly meeting.
  Author: Matt Nicholson - Date: February 5, 2006



• Children Learning English through Topical and Literature Themes Find out more at ESF Educational Services
  Following a successful circus-themed holiday camp on English learning this summer, ESF Educational Services’ Ltd. new autumn curriculum will be centred on Fantastic Journeys. ESF-ESL is an innovative and theme-based learning programme for children aged 4 to 16.
  Author: Suellen Krall - Date: February 12, 2006



• New Phonics Online Workshop Will Provide Tools to Enhance Reading Instruction
  The Indiana Department of Education is preparing to sponsor a new online workshop that will enhance methods used to teach Hoosier children to read. Beginning September 26, the workshop will offer Indiana educators a refresher course on the fundamentals of teaching phonics. Individuals will be able to take the course, for university or college credit if they wish, at the department's Web site .
  Author: Dave Bennett - Date: March 5, 2004



• Speed Up Your Reading and Retain More Information with AceReader
  StepWare has released AceReader version 1.1 for Macintosh, an award-winning productivity and education program that increases your reading speed. Designed for students and business executives, AceReader can both help you to read faster and help you learn to read faster, on and off the computer.
  Author: Svetlana Boris - Date: March 5, 2004



• The Literacy Center’ and LeapPad Teacher Set adopted in Oklahoma
  LeapFrog SchoolHouse today announces that The Literacy Center, a LeapPad Teacher Set and 26 decodable LeapPad books have been adopted by the Oklahoma Department of Education as part of the state’s Language Arts PreK-8 2002-08 adoption.
  Author: Natalie Sorenson - Date: March 5, 2004



• Award-Winning Leapfrog Products Make Learning Fun For The Very Young
  LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., a leading developer of innovative technology-based educational products, continues to set high standards for the company’s products that provide engaging, entertaining and age-appropriate learning experiences for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.
  Author: Diane Moris - Date: March 4, 2004



• Goal Of SRA All-Star Phonics & Word Studies Program
  Years of educational research has determined that instruction in phonics and word recognition skills is essential to students’ reading success. Yet many traditional phonics programs end by Grade 2, leaving some behind who have difficulty learning to read.
  Author: Diane Moris - Date: March 4, 2004



• Phonics Task Force Progress Reported at Kick-Off for Indiana Reads Day
  Dr. Suellen Reed, Superintendent of Public Instruction, today reported the progress of the Phonics Task Force appointed in January 2000. The Phonics Tasks Force is a supplement to the Department of Education's other reading initiatives and is responsible for the development of a Phonics Tool Kit for educators.
  Author: Amber Cross - Date: March 4, 2004



• Phonics, online content, and professional development on CD break new ground
  With mounting pressure on schools to increase student achievement, teachers are constantly searching for effective ways to teach core curriculum while helping to prepare their students for the future by introducing technology into the classroom. Now they have new tools in their arsenal, thanks to Lightspan, Inc.
  Author: Amber Cross - Date: March 4, 2004



• Research Indicates Using Phonics is the Best Way to Teach and Learn Reading
  Elementary-school teachers who make phonics the major component to reading education are using the best approach to helping their students become skilled, independent readers, according to a research report issued by the American Psychological Society. The report also says that whole-language instruction should be used as an adjunct to phonics, making the learning experience more meaningful.
  Author: Melinda Wood - Date: March 4, 2004



• TASA’s Modern Learning Press Launches Phonics Series
  Touchstone Applied Science Associates, Brewster, NY, announced that its Modern Learning Press subsidiary has published a new consumable workbook series for the teaching of phonics in grades K-4. The new series is in response to California’s recent statement concerning the teaching of phonics statewide.
  Author: Kurtis Movat - Date: March 4, 2004



• The Sundance Phonics Vowel Big Books are a Series of Entertaining, Child-Centered Books
  In response to educators' requests for phonics big books for whole-class teaching, Sundance Publishing has introduced the Sundance Phonics Vowel Big Books, a shared reading phonics component to help PreK–2 students develop their awareness of the vowel sounds. Sundance Publishing is a leading PreK-6+ publisher and a wholly owned Haights Cross Communications, Inc.
  Author: Melinda Wood - Date: March 4, 2004