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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a teacher.  I hate this thread.  The breakdown between parents and teachers is what’s ruining education.  We’re supposed to be partners.

I do believe teachers are experts in child development and education, and parents are the child’s first and most important teachers.  Let’s not diminish one another’s authority.  That sends a bad message to our kids.[/quote]

I am a parent and now homeschool teacher and I hate this thread too.  Teachers do an enormously difficult job.

I used to agree with you that teachers were experts in child development and education.  And then I figured out my K child was dyslexic and I entered the ugly world of elementary reading instruction. I know that public schools cannot effectively support dyslexic kids (which is a different battle), but they should be able to teach non-dyslexic kids to read. That seems like a basic requirement. (Writing instruction, both handwriting and composition, has been abandoned.)

Teachers are not trained in effective reading instruction aka the science of reading.  Parents have been working for years to get this situation improved and we have been insulted at every turn.  Balanced literacy is a failure. Teachers will say it is admin decisions on curriculum, but admins used to be teachers and curriculum review teams are teachers. So you all really need to accept responsibility for your failed pedagogy.

We can’t trust teachers to make good decisions/ recommendations on reading instruction.  You have proved this with your support for Lucy Calkins and Fountas & Pinnel and Reading Recovery (which has been abandoned in its country of origin).

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