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A battle over how to teach kids to read is playing out in Philly-area classrooms. Parents are losing trust.

Advocates for the “science of reading” are pushing to change reading instruction, but say not enough schools realize what they're doing wrong.

Fourth graders Cheyenne Wise (left) and Josiah Forney read during a class last month at Hancock Elementary School in Norristown.
Fourth graders Cheyenne Wise (left) and Josiah Forney read during a class last month at Hancock Elementary School in Norristown.Read moreJose F. Moreno / Staff Photographer