Phonics fears unite early educators

By Nicole Weinstein and Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 6 April 2006

Early years professionals, academics and teaching unions have united in expressing concern that following last month's final report into early reading by Jim Rose, children will be taught to read exclusively by synthetic phonics. Chris Davis, chair of the 10,000-strong National Primary Headteachers'

Early years professionals, academics and teaching unions have united in expressing concern that following last month's final report into early reading by Jim Rose, children will be taught to read exclusively by synthetic phonics. Chris Davis, chair of the 10,000-strong National Primary Headteachers' Association, said, 'We think that one method of teaching children to read, particularly a...

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