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>Alabama invested heavily in training on the science of reading, then known as phonics, in the early 2000s, and scores rose. When did the stop teaching that an
by Clubber 3y ago
>Alabama invested heavily in training on the science of reading, then known as phonics, in the early 2000s, and scores rose.
When did the stop teaching that and why? I was thought that way in the 70s.
- polski-g 3y agoAccording to teachers, they hate teaching phonics because their method is better because they invented it. It's like programmers deciding to write a 3d game in Java instead of the known and functional method of c++.
- earleybird 3y agoWas that a Minecraft reference?
- polski-g 3y agoIndeed.
- csnover 3y agoThe link in the article about emphasising phonics[0] vaguely answers that question in the reverse, in terms of what was being taught instead; a podcast series from 2022 called Sold a Story[1] (transcripts also available at the link) gives a much more detailed answer about why. [0] https://apnews.com/article/phonics-science-reading-c715dea43f338f163715b01b83bb1066 https://apnews.com/article/phonics-science-reading-c715dea43... [1] https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/ https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
- ChoGGi 3y agoThey started teaching three cues instead.