1.   In comparing phonics programs with others, research shows that phonics programs work better for most students, she said.

2.   In the California phonics program, children do not simply sound out syllables but also read passages for comprehension.

3.   Last summer, Klein and two other Cesar Chavez teachers trained to use a phonics program called Action Reading.

4.   Like Concepcion, everyone runs at least one reading section, using an intensive phonics program.

5.   Reader Rabbit is back in this phonics program that kids love.

6.   She said the administration was not pressing schools to adopt phonics programs, per se, so much as programs with proven track records.