This includes the systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) scheme, which teach children to read by breaking words down into their individual sounds and is pushed too early. As well as the dreaded ...

A t the end of year one, when they are five or six, all children at state schools in England must take a test called the phonics screening check.The check measures their ability to use synthetic ...

“The evidence is clear that explicit teaching and the use of systematic synthetic phonics instructions gets results,” Carroll said. “Our synthetic phonics program was developed by Victorian ...