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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS hasn't taught phonics in over a decade....maybe more.  They are just now trying to return to that method once they realized what a grave mistake it was.  Luckily, I thought my kid phonics myself before I enrolled him.[/quote]

+1 and oh what a disaster it was.  Half of MCPS third graders don’t read at grade level.  This is crucial time of the switch from learning to read to reading to learn.  Thank you Messrs Weast, Starr, and Smith.  For Madam McKnight, the jury is still out[/quote]

MCPS isn't comparable to privates and many kids struggled for many years in MCPS.  Privates can kick kids out who don't preform well so it gives a very skewed viewpoint.  Kids need support at home.  Phonics doesn't work for all kids.[/quote]

This isn't about privates vs. publics.  It's about a failed reading curriculum that public schools (and some private schools) embraced.  Balanced literacy was a huge disaster and now even the inventor has admitted that it must be revamped with more emphasis on phonics.  Thankfully, all the Catholic schools never deviated from the traditional curriculum of combining phonics with sight words.  A whole generation  or more have suffered from this ridiculous concept to teach kids how to read.  It does not work for most.

Gifting this article for more context.  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/us/reading-teaching-curriculum-phonics.html?unlocked_article_code=sz0ljHdDVqrax6GhK3SxPg32sqkgwKIIkFqrFtitF1GjKOZo8abtr1bL_KXJIuJrLBWoC5N1cXudM3Cj67jwHp389H7mq_zalPkhzmqIlX943Psre0sfwcj8PzjWxp_jz-1ySWqClS4I5qkIfYfCUhn7nLP93FcGv7iroob2xVLZgHuWQBv3qhH4IRv1X-b3YvCUiXA2bZmTkohO84LEIjgUVUVWnEe_TorjK00nKZp3rihHicywgW0PsTois6mGcMok4ZQh9ikuurp4mkHsYF63ZFfhQrGlOXhRZ208s2NqrBRwmAGpVob9ktw6cnp__dLm_NwUgCOhHIQLgxoFdZWFxHOjYvfM&smid=share-url
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