Literacy materials dropped by many schools face new pressure from struggling readers' parents

A lawsuit filed by a pair of Massachusetts families is adding to the backlash against an approach to reading instruction that some schools still use despite evidence that it's not the most effective. States around the country have been overhauling reading curricula in favor of research-based strategies known as the " science of reading," including an emphasis on sounding out words. The lawsuit this week takes aim at approaches that do not emphasize phonics...