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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]so if I am the primary educational source for my kid- why do I pay taxes to support schools. Also, how many posts have I seen on here- respect the teachers! But now- they don't want to be accountable for reading outcomes and the inability or unwillingness to teach? I am so confused. Please pick a side and stay on it. Also- you want more money?[/quote]
Episode 4 is all about how easily a teacher can fall into teaching practices that aren't supported by research.  https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/  It starts with the training they receive in college and it continues with the leadership, curricula, and professional development they encounter on the job.  Teachers have been swimming in Balanced Literacy for years.  It's unrealistic to expect them to buck the system like that.  Accountability starts at the top.[/quote]

Correct.  I was a teacher who taught balanced literacy.  I knew how to teach phonics and could see that it was not working, but I had no choice.  I secretly kept phonics books for the kids who struggled and taught them (secretly again) during lunch.  But overall I taught the same balanced literacy/whole language crap that everyone else did, because I was forced to.  We were required to all structure our lessons the same way, with the same books and activities, and the admin and literacy coaches would check to make sure we did.  Anyone caught doing something different would be reviled as a bad teacher, isolated and harassed by admin, and soon pushed out.[/quote]

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