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Question: Does CC explain how to do the above? Will it provide more robust materials or will it teach the teachers how to teach like they did 30 years ago? I think it's doubtful since they are only a set of standards (what the child is supposed to be able to do and not a manual for teaching). [/quote]

It doesn't really matter.  Poster is going on the premise that lack of phonics is the problem.  It is not the problem.  Common Core will not solve the problem.  It achieves nothing but idiocy.

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That was me - and for the second time now, please pay more attention, as your reading comprehension is lacking. I did NOT say phonics was not being taught, I said it was not being taught robustly enough, and that a lot of the traditional phonics emphasis has given way to sight words, which I think is a mistake.  I also mentioned poor grammar teaching and several other things, but even that's just one of MANY problems in the curriculum these days - I also disagree pretty strongly with letting students use calculators without having a strong knowledge of doing multiplication and division by hand.  On the other hand, we have the PP who says the problems start before 1st grade - which is a separate issue from the very real problems in the educational system, and even if there are problems in some homes, that is not a viable reason for giving the educational system a pass, nor is it a viable reason for watering down the entire educational system to cater to the lowest common denominator.[/quote]

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