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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fundations is a Science of Reading-aligned curriculum that the Sold a Story podcast would support, FYI. It is explicit phonics instruction intended to be used on a whole class basis — exactly the sort of thing the podcast talks about going on in the Florida classroom she fawns over.[/quote]
Yes - but no one is certified in it.

The school may have purchased the program - but not the next step of getting teachers certified in the program.  They send 1 or 2 people from each school to a DCPS training session that is for 2 days - and those people are supposed to train all the other teachers.[/quote]

OP was criticizing the DCPS curricula from a science of reading/phonics perspective, which is nonsensical. [/quote]

What's nonsensical is 69% of students reading below grade level. In 2015 DCPS was in the news for revamping their curricula to teach dramatically more knowledge. They also were using Fundations to teach phonics (along with guided reading). This was all before "science of reading" became a buzzword and legislation began to pass. Sounds like they had the right evidence-based ingredients to have some success, but that hasn't been the case. Whether it's the curriculum or the teacher training, something isn't adding up. No achievement gaps have closed. [/quote]

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