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Excellent Reads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months ago

The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell

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The radical 1960s schools experiment that created a whole new alphabet – and left thousands of children unable to spell

www.theguardian.com

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Excellent Reads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months ago

Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences

I never learned this, I can read all the examples easily though. They remind me a bit of Feersum Endjin by Iain M. Banks, and True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey.

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Note that this article is not about the US

Decades ago, a generation of UK schoolchildren unwittingly took part in an initiative aimed at boosting reading skills – with lasting consequences
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  Yes, it was a comment on what goes on in another country, for comparison.

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