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Tom Burkard is the Director of The Promethean Trust. He is one of the pioneers of the British synthetic phonics movement and his “Sound Foundations” reading and spelling programs enable non-specialists to teach dyslexic children to read and spell For more information, visit www.promethean.fsnet.co.uk.