Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. When Esti Iturralde’s daughter Winnie was in first grade, the girl struggled with learning to read. Like most parents, Iturralde blamed ...

Corrected, May 23, 2024: An earlier version of this article erroneously presented synthetic phonics and the science of reading as synonymous terms. The headline and body copy have been updated to ...

Q Our son was already registered for junior kindergarten before we became aware that you believe in phonic-based reading instruction. He will be 5 in about three months. The private school we are ...

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading.