5/7/2008 7:17:00 AM
The Guardian 7 May
The government has ordered a review of how schools should educate the country's estimated 300,000 dyslexic children, after admitting that many are being left to flounder without tailored teaching. The schools secretary, Ed Balls, said he wanted to disprove sceptics who questioned the existence of dyslexia, but too many parents were not getting the help their children needed to learn to read and write. The review will be led by Sir Jim Rose, who is also undertaking a separate review of the primary curriculum. It will address calls for a national screening programme to ensure that children with reading and writing problems do not slip through the net, Balls said. Parents and dyslexia groups have been campaigning for such a screening programme. Separately today, a coalition of think tanks will back the idea in an in-depth analysis of provision for children with special education needs. The report, by CentreForum and the Policy Exchange, will argue that as well as screening, parents should be given individual budgets to spend on private tutors and the system of recording children's learning problems should be overhauled. Only 5% of local authorities are fulfilling a legal duty to provide clear and transparent information to parents on services, the report finds.Guardian
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