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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Department of Education provided grant funding for some of the worst and most damaging educational “research” imaginable, including the failed Lucy Calkins reading method.[/quote]

Lucy Calkins severely damaged an entire generation’s early reading ability.

But even before that, the US Department of Education indirectly supported the "whole language" approach through policies and funding, which promoted it, even though it is now largely discredited for lacking scientific evidence.

Luckily, sanity has generally prevailed, and the time-proven method of phonics instruction, has returned.  States, influenced by federal initiatives like the No Child Left Behind Act, were encouraged to adopt reading programs that emphasized explicit and systematic instruction in phonics.

This shift occurred after research showed "whole language" was less effective and led to a move towards evidence-based reading instruction, often referred to as the "science of reading” despite the U.S. Department of Education having pushed “whole language” for years. [/quote]

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