Yes, it is. It reports a specific change that is taking place this year as a marked depature from the approach to literacy teaching that has been dominant for t

Yes, it is. It reports a specific change that is taking place this year as a marked depature from the approach to literacy teaching that has been dominant for the past twenty years. Criticism of that approach isn’t totally new (see, e.g., [0]) but there really is a rise-and-fall pattern here, and “vibes” isn’t far off as a descriptor. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23981447 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23981447