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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn’t we recently have a post about a specific method of reading (sorry, I can’t remember the name) that didn’t include sounding out letters (phonics)?  The school administrators, who make curriculum decisions, should be held accountable.[/quote]

"Blended Literacy." The curricula associated with it these days are Lucy Calkins and Fountas and Pinnell.

Back in the late 80s and early 90s the exact same style of teaching was called "whole word." Even then it was already proven phonics was superior. People higher than school administrators should be held accountable. Professors at teachers colleges. State DOE folks. That sort of thing. The people who taught the teachers and administrators to ignore neuroscience in favor of their pet fads.[/quote]

Virginia passed a law a couple of years ago requiring public schools to use a Phonics-centered "Science of Reading" curriculum. Mississippi actually led the nation in fixing the reading curriculum. [/quote]

Virginia passed it because groups like local NAACP chapters and dyslexia parent support organizations pushed the politicians to do it, not because our DOE was so great. Should we have to wait until it's glaringly obvious to politicians that a certain teaching style is superior for our kids to get decent curriculum?[/quote]

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Why didn’t the DOE mandate this for accreditation? [/quote]

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