Arguments about the best way to teach children to read can be intense – they’ve even been described as “the reading wars”. In England, as in many other countries, much of the debate has been over the ...

Experts have released robust research to show that phonics should be taught hand-in-hand with reading and writing to encourage true literacy and a love of reading, not through narrow synthetic phonics ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading. The policies on teaching reading have insisted that an approach called “systematic ...

'Cut phonics teaching': Vital improvements needed in how we teach children to read, say 250 teachers and academics An open letter is sent to the Education Secretary calling for changes in how children ...

“A Seven Year Study of the Effects of Synthetic Phonics Teaching on Reading and Spelling Attainment” is available online from the Scottish Executive. () The study followed 300 students over seven ...

Teachers are being instructed to dedicate just 10 minutes to teaching their students phonics at a northern suburbs school, despite the government’s 25 minute recommendation. From this year, students ...

In the United States, the “science of reading” movement is increasingly driving states to rethink literacy instruction to address persistent reading deficits. While researchers have advocated ...

Arguments about the best way to Teach children to read can be intense – they've even been described as“the reading wars”. In England, as in many other countries, much of the debate has been over the ...