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Debates about the best ways to teach children to read have raged in education for years. On 15 June 2018, three researchers, Kate Nation, Kathleen Rastle and Anne Castles, turned to evidence from psychological science in an attempt to cut through the divisive rhetoric

Competing theories abound about the best ways to teach children to read, but can psychological science finally bring about an educational entente where conflict and misunderstanding have reigned? Reading researchers Kate Nation, Kathleen Rastle and Anne Castles present the evidence for a more balanced approach to one of the most divisive debates in schooling