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Natalie Wexler provides a good, straightforward post of the reading wars in the US with explanations of how teachers still don't provide the content and rigour of phonics that science shows is required:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewex ... ssion=true

Why Johnny Still Can't Read -- And What To Do About It

For decades, there’s been an overwhelming scientific consensus on the best way to teach kids to read. But millions of kids still don’t get the kind of instruction that works.

In the early 1950s, Rudolf Flesch offered to tutor a boy who’d been held back in sixth grade because he couldn’t read. Flesch was horrified to discover that, at age twelve, Johnny couldn’t even decipher a simple word like kid.

I've checked out all the links in the post and they are well worth a visit too - giving a picture of the status quo in America and some of the continued issues with reading instruction. Tragic, actually!