Thursday, 19 January 2012

Warning as schools 'shun traditional reading methods'

Thousands of schools are shunning back-to-basics methods of teaching pupils to read despite continuing concerns over childhood illiteracy, it emerged today.



Ministers warned that children were being left with poor reading skills because of a refusal to use phonics – the traditional system that breaks down words into individual sounds.

Today, the Department for Education named and shamed 10 local councils that have failed to fully adopt a Government-backed phonics programme, even

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