tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post5634008058791526495..comments2023-06-28T17:05:30.899+01:00Comments on The Literacy Blog: Illiteracy: another admission of failureJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13315146014179526480noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post-55509467142774056452010-11-16T13:04:14.940+00:002010-11-16T13:04:14.940+00:00My friend Boswell tells me that the Sunday Telegra...My friend Boswell tells me that the Sunday Telegraph also ran this story, quoting Ofsted as saying that, ´in the latest report ... policies had led to improvements in some areas, including better training and support for teachers. But overall progress had stalled in recent years as the number of initiatives has grown, said Ofsted.<br />Of course, in the case of literacy, by ´better training´, Ofsted means, ´Letters and Sounds´. The problem with L&S is that it isn´t a training: it´s a folder. It could be the best folder in the world (It isn´t!) but if teachers are not taught how to use the folder and why they are to follow the instructional approach therein, they won´t, as we see in school after school, be able to teach the material effectively.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315146014179526480noreply@blogger.com