Balanced Reading” is a term used by Fountas & Pinnell to support a holistic pedagogy of reading that is currently under severe attack by educators such as Schreyer, armed with more compelling, evidence-based research on how children learn to read, who prefer a more structured approach to teaching reading at an early age. Today, when reading the researchers, it is widely recognized that early childhood programs should include phonetics – and Fountas & Pinnell say they teach young students to write letters using sound. On August 5, Secretary of State Cardy was very offended by rumors that New Brunswick was adhering to its traditional provincial literacy strategy, which relies heavily on the Fountas & Pinnell literacy program. Two-thirds of the teachers surveyed who participated in Education Week 2019 indicated that their school district selects programs and materials for basic literacy training, a figure probably higher in New Brunswick. Early reading programs based on the F&P system teach students to better guess based on the false assumption that this makes children a better reader. The abandonment of the Fountas & Pinnell literacy program would represent a fundamental change in the province’s 2017 literacy strategy inherited from Brian Gallant’s liberal government. The most popular reading programs in Canada and the United States, including Fountas & Pinnell, are not supported by the academic community. As Executive Director of Elementary Literacy Inc. from 2014 to 2018, “she” promoted “structured literacy” and offered two more volunteer reading programs to save the lives of first graders with reading difficulties. Scientific reading is not new,” says Schreyer, “and more and more teachers are questioning traditional practices and recognizing the need forradical change’ in the form of a more systematic and structured approach, wherephonetics’ is a good word. Conservative Prime Minister Blaine Higgs, who is now campaigning for re-election, has described “the level of literacy” as “a shame we can no longer tolerate. “Literacy” was identified as a priority in the Green Paper by Education Minister Dominique Cardy in October 2018, but the action plan has not met its commitment to remedy the situation. A whole generation of elementary school teachers have not only learned to read using a “balanced approach and literacy resources,” but have also used the same methods to teach our young children to read. Even if teachers want to question the approach of their school or community,” “he” said, “they may feel obligated to remain silent. “Three teachers from different districts who spoke during Education Week asked not to use their names in history for fear of repercussions within the system. As early as December 2019, an American reporter for Education Week, Sarah Schwartz, made a revealing comment on the status of consultations with teachers and their contributions to evaluating reading programs. Criticizing the Fountas & Pinnell system, Secretary Cardie showed that playing with the existing program is not the answer.