pt. 1. Understanding the great reading disaster -- pt. 2. The watchdogs that failed -- pt. 3. The struggle for reform -- pt. 4. The way ahead
Summary
By the late 1980s half the nation's children were receiving eleven years of progressivist schooling that failed to give them even the elementary basis of education that was completed by the age of seven in earlier days. This great reading disaster was caused by the 'look-say' method of teaching, which presented whole words not individual letters. This book explains the causes and provides the solution to this problem. In 2006, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills has ordered schoo ..
