The education services company Educate Inc. has acquired the parent company of Hooked on Phonics, the controversial but popular literacy and math program advertised on television. The purchase ushers ...

Children need more than just food and shelter. They need books as well and Hooked on Phonics is ready to help. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Hooked on Phonics launched HOP Across America, a ...

Hooked on Phonics, a literacy and learning program, has undergone some major changes in the way it reaches consumers in the past 30 years. More recently the company has been focusing on digital ...

Chip Paucek?s entrepreneurial spirit grew, of all places, in his basement. About 15 years ago, Paucek co-founded Cerebellum Corp., a company that produced “Standard Deviants,” a successful PBS ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York City public ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City is changing the way it teaches reading, getting children hooked on phonics, after Schools Chancellor David Banks concluded public schools have been teaching ...

Move over “Dick and Jane.” A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For decades, two schools of thought have clashed on how to best teach children to read, with passionate ...

The Gateway Learning Corporation settles a government suit related to its selling customer information to telemarketers. Gateway, the producer of the Hooked on Phonics series, disclosed customers' ...

WASHINGTON - What is the price when a firm breaks a promise to keep customers' personal information private? In the case of the company that sells Hooked on Phonics, $4,608 and some bad press. That is ...