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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Which systems use/used this?[/quote]

Like 1/3 of the country. They used it when I was in FCPS last year. Now I’m teaching at a school in Massachusetts and they use it. I subbed and student taught in MA and where I worked those roles they did not use it and the kids could actually write very well. I’m done with teaching because I just can’t stand having to use this crap that’s clearly ineffective. But about 1/3 of U.S. schools use it. I’m sure it’s a fad that will eventually change though... we can only hope.[/quote]

NP. I’ve read it’s the third most popular reading curriculum in schools. The problem is that’s it’s so insidious. It changes not just reading curriculums but entire elementary curriculums. It encourages principals to adopt a “interdisciplinary” approach. Instead of distinct subjects, you fold science, social studies, grammar,  spelling classes you fold those standards into the reading-writing workshop.

Also it’s incredibly boring for students! Every day is the same (according to my kid). In the old days, you’d have a daily social studies class and you’d get to do some really interesting projects, now social studies is just once or twice a week, or folded into the workshop.

Chromebooks/technology + Lucy Calkins have really killed education as we knew it. [/quote]

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