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Eric Adams is pivoting New York City public schools to phonics. The debate about the best way to help children learn to read goes back years, but an overwhelming body of data has shown the benefit of having kids sound out letters and words.

The fallout from the pandemic is just being felt. “We’re in new territory,” educators say.

New studies show that about one-third of children in the youngest grades are missing reading benchmarks.