For years, Oregon students have scored below national averages in reading scores. Now, millions in funding is encouraging schools to embrace phonics curriculum.
PORTLAND, Oregon — Oregon schools are changing the way they teach students to read. Earlier this summer, the state legislature passed a bill which provides $120 million over two years to school districts that use phonics-based reading or other research-aligned reading curriculums.
Phonics curriculum teaches students to read by learning the sounds of letters and syllables. Students then learn syllable patterns and decipher how letters sound when paired together. This is in contrast to a whole language reading approach, which teaches students to
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