England's synthetic phonics approach is not working for children who struggle to read

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

Department for Education releases ‘Lockdown Lessons’ as children in England return to school

This week sees the beginning of the government’s phased re-opening of schools in England, with nursery, reception, year one and year six returning from Monday. The decision to allow certain children ...
The Conversation

Phonics isn’t working – for children’s reading to improve, they need to learn to love stories

Willem Hollmann is affiliated with the Committee for Linguistics in Education (CLiE) and with the Education Committee of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB). Cathie Wallace is ...