They present whole-language instruction as a joyful, humanistic, intellectually challenging alternative to deadening phoneme drills—one that turns the classroom from a factory floor into a ...

Wood said the “sheer volume” of red tape had “a deadening effect” on home building, and governments needed to think harder about decisions that unnecessarily restrict housing development.

"But the speed and cost of new builds also matter," she said. "The sheer volume of regulation has a deadening effect on productivity." Three levels of government make rules on where, how and what ...