I agree and so do the people who run the Reading and Writing Workshop! What is missing from the criticism is any sort of purpose or ideal for education in the

I agree and so do the people who run the Reading and Writing Workshop! What is missing from the criticism is any sort of purpose or ideal for education in the first place. Literacy starts with phonics but it must never end there! It’s sort of like bikeshedding. I guess we can all agree that, yes, we use a phonetic alphabet and learning how to sound things out is going to be a valuable lifelong skill. It’s also hilarious when the technique is applied to names from other languages. But that’s not… reading.