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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been telling people for years how embarrassing it is for Maryland, and specifically MCPS, to be so far behind in reading compared to states like Mississippi and Alabama. Glad our new state superintendent is known as the Mississippi Miracle and is bringing the science of reading to Maryland. This is long overdue! [/quote]
Well, you've been telling them wrong. No wonder they have not been paying attention to you.[/quote]

How is it wrong? Other states have figured out how to successfully teach ALL students to read by using methods proven by science since the Vietnam era except for Maryland. [/quote]

Umm what.  Plenty of states and districts had been wrongly doing balanced literacy.  And if with implementing Science of reading that it still only one piece of Balanced Literacy.[/quote]

“Balanced Literacy” is that Lucy Calkins crap.  it has repeatedly been shown to be ineffective in multiple studies.  Thank God we are doing Science of Reading instead of BL.[/quote]

No.  Balanced Literacy was turned into the Lucy Calkins.  Balanced literacy should always have included phonics for teaching kids to read.  It should also include a balance amount ans appropriate of all the components of literacy(reading, grammar, spelling, comprehension, analysis, verbal and written expression).[/quote]

Your description of BL matches Lycy Calkins - a little if this, a little of that, including a lot of stuff that doesn't work. [/quote]

What was named that doesn’t work? Kids need to be taught phonics in order to read.  The need to learn all phonemes in order to be able to spell.  The need to be taught root word and affixes in order to spell bigger words and be able to ascertain meanings of words they don’t know, which then allows for comprehension and context. They need grammar and punctuation in order to express themselves coherently. If you don’t want all of the above taught to your kid in a balanced way then that would explain the illiteracy rate is this country.  [/quote]

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