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Simply put, they battled over phonics, the 17th-century system of sounding out letters and words. The reading technique fell out of favor in most American schools in the 1980s, but now it’s ...

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

Charleston and religious leaders say the 10th commemoration of the Emanuel AME Church shooting serves as a reminder that there's more work to be done.

AME Church clergy, staff await possible return of some lost retirement funds (RNS) — A judge has scheduled a June 26 hearing, at which final approval of partial settlements will be considered.

The outside of Mother Emanuel AME church church in Charleston, S.C. is seen on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 before a service to honor and remember nine church members on the 10th anniversary of the ...

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Here are events planned to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Charleston Emanuel AME Church shooting. The shooting was on June 17, 2015.

Ten years ago in Charleston, South Carolina, a white supremacist gunned down nine people at a Bible study inside Mother Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black church in the South. The church's ...

Mother Emanuel AME Church held an Ecumenical Service Tuesday, June 17, in remembrance of the congregation members who were killed in a horrific targeted mass shooting 10 years ago.

Cape May is the birthplace of Jarena Lee, the first Black female preacher in the AME Church and the first Black woman to publish an autobiography in 1838. “[The AME Church] could have sold it for a ...

Phonics proponents are optimistic California’s teachers will be receptive, though it’ll still be years before we see any changes, at least in test scores. As Marshall Tuck, ...