A Young boy with colorful magnetic letters. Picture by James Boardman.

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The way children are taught to read in primary schools in England will be shaken up, Education Secretary Ruth Kelly has confirmed. The government has accepted a review which backs the greater use of a method called synthetic phonics.

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