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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]About 30% of students will learn to read without regard to what method is used. The other 70% do not learn well if 3-cueing or other bogus methods that ARE part of whole language / balanced literacy are used. Lots of large studies with quality controls show this.

Virginia public schools (and also public schools in many other states) are NOT allowed to use either of those methods any longer BECAUSE the science is so clear. Those rules passed the (politically divided) VA legislature in a nearly unanimous vote. This is not a partisan issue.

Go listen to the "Sold a Story" podcast. [/quote]

Some of you are working overtime to prove a pointless point.  Wouldn't it be simple (but boring and uninspiring) if the world were as "either- or-" and "black and white" as you seem to reduce it? Wouldn't it be simple (but again albeit boring and uninspiring) if nuance wasn't a thing?

For those who want to learn more about the history of 3-cueing and how popular it is beyond whole-language enthusiasts, start with this easy to read article, https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/is-this-the-end-of-three-cueing/2020/12

For the OP that started this thread and others - this thread is stupid.  Progressive schools and academic progress are not mutually exclusive.  It seems many posts have now stated the obvious - that there is no shortage of choices in the DMV of public, charter, private, and independent schools that rest on a variety of foundational philosophies and accompanying teaching methods.  Find one that works for your kid.  Best of luck in doing that.  No need to bash the philosophies and methods that you don't agree with and/or don't work for your kid.  Obviously the fact that all these different schools exist mean they work for some. [/quote]

I see. You basically don’t want people to discuss the methods openly. [/quote]

Oh, my bad - you wanted to "discuss" - that's why you referred to the methods as "bogus" and made a point of stating that the vote was unanimous and not partisan - because you wanted to open this up to "discussion".  Okie dokie.  Let's discuss then.  Surely you read the article I posted and my repeated suggestion that there's no one size fits all approach in education.  So let's "discuss" this.....go. [/quote]
NP. I read the article. I’m confused why you seem to think it’s a defense of cueing as a learning strategy. It very much isn’t. It talks about how problematically entrenched the method is in the teaching world, but repeatedly emphasizes its ineffectiveness, and reiterates the effectiveness of phonics-based methods. [/quote]

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