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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know what percentage of teaching colleges/education schools and school districts embraced the Lucy Calkins balanced literacy curriculum, but I believe the curriculum dominated the market and was used in many states and public school districts. It is hard to blame school districts and public officials for initially adopting it. It was well marketed and was a strong fad that really caught on. Some districts were required by state legislatures to use the curriculum.

I do blame researchers, public officials, and school districts for taking decades before they understood the effects of the curriculum and came to the realization that it was not effective whatsoever. I don't blame teachers. They are not scientists and researchers. They did not understand how to teach someone to read. They used the methodology they learned in college and from the professional training they received. If you read the testimony of teachers who taught the curriculum and realized later how terrible it was, they were sick to their stomachs about all the children who suffered and did not learn to read well because of the curriculum.[/quote]
I only blame teachers and schools that are still clinging to it.  We all know better.  A teacher who is still using LC is negligent and should be fired.  (And yes, I've met some, including in APS.  Last year at BTS night the APS teachers explained that they were not introducing Core Knowledge LA but had decided to do another year of LC in 1st grade.  They later backtracked a bit and said they'd also use 95Phonics with LC, but still weren't going to do Core Knowledge LA.)[/quote]

It would be interesting to see how the other trends in education at the time impact one another. For example, I just learned that despite all the evidence to support Science of Reading, organizations that support English Language Learners are not big fans of the shift to Science of Reading. Turns out if you are learning English, then sounding out the words that you may not know the meaning to is not the same. Whereas if you have the picture clues of Lucy Caulkings that might help (though does it really if the kids don't learn how to read well)? Article linked below.

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/science-of-reading-and-english-learner-advocates-reach-common-ground/2023/11[/quote]

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