Ending the practice of blending, the agency estimates, could cost an additional $20 billion to $100 billion. The Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies, which represents sewage-treatment ...

New research has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers (age 4-5) learn to read.

Although practice on letter sounds is helpful, our study suggests it is more beneficial to give children extra practice in sounding out the letters AND blending the sounds together to make a word." ...

Citations: Smith, Edward (Ned). 2015. Blending Theory & Practice: Integrating Professional Managers into the Classroom. Northwestern University Searle Center for Advancing Teaching & Learning ...