Purple Challenge- is your child learning to read?

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Anonymous wrote:Or Lucy Calkins AND F&P. Argh.

I’ve already discovered (and started to undo!) so much damage for my first grader’s reading. It’s been amazing to see his progress since starting direct phonics and phonemic awareness with him at home. Why can’t schools figure this out?

Teachers know how to teach reading but the people making the decisions don't.

Some teachers know. Others, including new teachers, don't know.

My mom is a retired teacher who swears by the Orton-Gillingham method. She has a special ed certification and taught at a Title 1 school, and brought hundreds up kids up to grade level over the years with O-G. Then they told her she had to stop using it. It was one of the reasons she left the classroom. It is very true that the people making the decisions are not in the trenches. Soo many administrators only taught for a couple of years, if it all. It is crazy to me that more education experience is not required before becoming an administrator. Lots of experience in a classroom should be the main requirement!

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This is the most helpful thread on DCUrbanMom in a long time! Thank you all for your contributions!