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2024年12月23日 · 2. Controversies within the science of reading. A growing number of researchers are criticizing an overemphasis on auditory skills. In this story about the over-teaching of phonemic awareness, I explained how companies encouraged schools to spend a lot of time on sound exercises when the research evidence in teaching reading said otherwise.

2025年1月23日 · 3. Countries building out early childhood systems and investing more. Although global investment in early childhood is not at the levels experts would hope for, many are heartened by a few government-led efforts to inject more funding and strengthen standards.

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