> So many teachers at this point have been falsely taught that phonics doesn't work, that many skip thinking they are doing the right thing. Maybe. There's a l

> So many teachers at this point have been falsely taught that phonics doesn't work, that many skip thinking they are doing the right thing. Maybe. There's a lot of guessing about what teachers are doing in this thread; I'd be interested in a survey of what they're actually doing. > For everyone without hearing problems, we need them to try. Maybe. The UK has been going hard on phonics and while scores went way up for the next couple years, the effects on the years afterwards were real bad.