Brutal takedown of reading policy in Wales and Scotland, as Northern Ireland looks to change course with its new strategy based around phonics.
@kathyrastle.bsky.social makes several important (and apparently still necessary) observations about the evidence on reading.
https://www.itv.com/news/2025-02-05/northern-ireland-reviews-controversial-teaching-method-after-failings-in-wales
@kathyrastle.bsky.social makes several important (and apparently still necessary) observations about the evidence on reading.
https://www.itv.com/news/2025-02-05/northern-ireland-reviews-controversial-teaching-method-after-failings-in-wales
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Vested interests? Hatred of Gove? Doesn't matter really. What matters is how many children have been let down by the Scottish government's insistence on using a failed approach.
Your child can't read? Meh. Just "wait and see".