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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am finally thrilled this year (4th grade). The teacher is very old school and experienced, and happens to have been an English major. All the basic fundamentals are finally being covered. Grammar, spelling, reading comprehension, proof reading...[/quote]

How old is the teacher? My worry is that this kind of teacher (old school, traditional, love of English) is dying out. Most teachers teaching K-5 right now were going through college or getting their ED degree in the Balanced Literacy / Workshop + EdTech way of teaching, not grammar, spelling, reading actual books kind of teaching.[/quote]

The teachers following their school’s “EdTech / Balanced Literacy / whole language” progressive curricula are doing a massive disservice to our children.

How massive?  - many graduate HS without being able to read:

https://www.newsweek.com/how-did-honors-student-who-says-she-cant-read-write-get-college-2038026[/quote]

You can't really blame these younger teachers because they are teaching the curriculum approved by the school or district or state. And they themselves were probably taught using the same methods. Their training in college all included EdTech, I'm sure.[/quote]

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