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Many schools systems, public and private, have fallen into the “whole word” method, because it’s less work for overburdened teachers with large K and 1st grade classes.

So this is essentially a resource problem, where school systems thought the kids would learn to read without explicit phoneme instruction and they could get away with inappropriate teacher:student ratios. It would be very difficult to implement phonetic instruction with [b]one teacher and 25-30 kids in lower elementary classes[/b]!

It is not a coincidence that the number of students with reading difficulties has shot up, and that MCPS, among others, refuses to consider dyslexia as a learning disorder they need to accommodate, despite the fact they accommodate many other common learning disorders!

People should demand implementation of a more phonetic-based reading method, with much smaller classes in lower elementary.

My kids read early and never had these issues, but we come from a country that made the same mistake as the US. It had to return to phonetics when it saw entire generation of kids had reading challenges. School systems here should learn from other countries’ experiences.

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This is what we had in the 70s.  The difference was that everyone spoke English, and people with severe disabilities went to special schools.  Now the expectations for teachers are totally unrealistic.  But I resent it when they don't bring in parents and others to do individual work with kids in the classroom.[/quote]

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