Jaylen has difficulty with the mechanics of reading — like keeping a steady pace — and with making sense of the story on the ...

Teaching reading has always been a subject of debate, a debate that involves a balancing act of multiple factors. Currently, the “reading wars” are best embodied by debates that are centered on the ...

Fewer than six out of 10 pupils, 58%, passed the controversial new national phonics reading test in England, official statistics show. The test checks six-year-olds' ability to read aloud a mixture of ...

This week, back to school is in full swing. And children up and down the country will be sat (well, this may be optimistic) ready to learn. In early years education, reading is key. And the great ...

Many schools already use synthetic phonics - a method of teaching children to read advocated by a government review. Some use it in combination with other methods - such as teaching children to ...