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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents in Massachusetts are actually suing them.  The crux of the argument is that 1-the reading programs they sold to school districts across the country don't work because there is no phonics component and 2-they KNEW the reading programs didn't work.

[b]Doesn't Fairfax still use these programs?[/b]  I was forced to when I was a teacher, and we would get into trouble if anyone found out we were teaching phonics (which many of us did in secret).

I wish Fairfax parents would sue them.  [/quote]

Clearly you’re not in FCPS. If you were, you’d know that no one has used Caulkins in years and that EVERYONE in the county is using Benchmark which has explicit phonics instruction. [/quote]

That is true this school year (24-25), and last year I think the switch to phonics was already underway even if the new curriculum hadn’t been purchased yet. But  as recently as 22-23 it was the Wild West. My then 1st grader had a new teacher who did emphasize phonics and assigned short nightly worksheets for homework - but not all the teachers were on the same page. And if you have a kid who’s much older than current 3rd grade, they probably got the full “balanced literacy” treatment. [/quote]

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