But for years, they argue, school reading curricula have omitted or underemphasized phonics instruction — to the detriment of scholars. Galvanized partially by an American Public Media podcast calledSold a Story, advocates point to numerous research that show that kids study reading higher when they are explicitly instructed to connect letters and sounds, also referred to as phonics. A US bus driver has been charged with 30 counts of child abuse after he intentionally hit the brakes to show the kids aboard a lesson. The youngster vomited on a tray supplied by the second trainer, and the aide charged with…