BRAINERD — The Jolly Pops will be performing a free kids’ concert tour June 27-July 1 as part of the Kitchigami Regional Library System’s Summer Reading Program. The Jolly Pops are a Chanhassen band ...

The International Literacy Association has put out a new brief endorsing “systematic and explicit” phonics in all early reading instruction. “English is an alphabetic language. We have 26 letters.

As test scores lag, there’s a growing debate between proponents of the “science of reading,” which emphasizes phonics, and traditional educators who prefer to instill a love of literature. Ari Cotton, ...