It sounds as though the select committee on reading has not taken as strong a line on 'synthetic phonics' as expected. Disappointing. The way that Mr Twigg, the minister, says that anything that the teachers do must be right, is a prime example of the way that the 'producer interest' is allowed to thrive in a state monopoly. This, of course, is at the expense of the interests of those whom the minister ought to be primarily concerned about: the children.

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