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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lucy Culkin's set back a generation of children when it comes to reading. This is not an understatement. It will take years to reverse this damage.

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Didn’t Caulkins type curriculum get popular in the 80: and 90s? That doesn’t explain why kids in high school 30+ years later can’t read. [/quote]

Not correct.  Tons of teachers today have graduated from the Readers and Writers Workshop at Columbia which IS the Lucy Culkins method and it is still touted as a great thing.  Such a racket!! It’s terrible and people are pushing back but lots of people are very vested in insisting it works because they spent time and money getting trained in it. My kids just entered high school and most of their lower teachers were trained in it.  It’s a now problem, not a former problem. [/quote]

Does "the workshop model" in elementary and middle school always mean Caulkins or Caulkin-esque? I've heard mixed reviews and some parents say her approach is actually great for kids who are on-level or above. And I'm assuming workshop DOES work at the high school level.[/quote]

I don’t hear about it in our private high schools (two different schools) but I can’t say if that is because it has fallen out of favor for because it wasn’t a high school thing.  FWIW Culkins herself has now acknowledged the importance of phonics and is no longer with Columbia which has rebranded the school. In other words, everyone is disassociating themselves with it.   So glad my kids went to school when this garbage fad was all the rage.  [/quote]

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