New research led by a team from Royal Holloway and the World Bank asserts that teaching methods should improve, after discovering that global literacy goals will not be met without major intervention.
Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...
Across all pupils in Wigan, 80 per cent met the required phonics standard. It means children eligible for free school meals in the area lagged well behind their peers. Nationally, ...