‘There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Reading Instruction’
In fact, some of the most common English words are nonphonetic. For example, the words to and do do not rhyme with so or go.
Forbes1y
Are ‘Math Wars’ Really The Same As ‘Reading Wars’?
It’s true there are parallels. The math “wars,” like the so-called reading wars, go back at least to the 1950s, when progressive educators rebelled against “traditionalists” who favored ...
THE WEEK1y
Spelling out why the 'science of reading' movement is winning the Reading Wars
a debate that has "occasionally grown so vicious it's been dubbed the Reading Wars," Vox reported. On one side are the proponents of the "science of reading" movement, a phonics- and cognitive ...
The Australian Financial Review6d
No, minister – the reading wars are not over
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has declared “the reading wars are over” – but what exactly are the reading wars? The “reading wars” refer to the debate among education insiders ...
The Australian Financial Review11d
‘Reading wars are over’: Clare close to multi-billion dollar schools deal
Education Minister Jason Clare says he is close to securing a $16 billion-plus school funding agreement with the states that the government claims will end the reading wars by mandating phonics in ...
The Conversation4y
reading wars – Analysis and Comment
A whole language approach to teaching reading gives kids a whole linguistic picture of how words work. This includes teaching individual letters and sounds, as well as what the words mean in context.