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There was a thread about Sold A Story a few weeks ago, but tldr while phonics helps test scores in the short term, it craters them in the long term, which is mo
by camgunz 3y ago
There was a thread about Sold A Story a few weeks ago, but tldr while phonics helps test scores in the short term, it craters them in the long term, which is mostly what reading teachers were warning about. The UK is ahead of us here: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/jan/19/focus-on-phonics-to-teach-reading-is-failing-children-says-landmark-study https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/jan/19/focus-on-p...
- cmcaleer 3y agoInteresting study, worth noting that UCL study isn't finding in favour of whole word vs phonics, but rather "[the findings] suggest that a balanced instruction approach is most likely to be successful", which seems reasonable and hopefully education boards develop an approach to get the best of both worlds. The NYT article I linked quoted the former State Superintendent of Education who spearheaded the Mississippi project saying "Each year we tweak our methods, but the goals always remain the same" so it seems they have mechanisms in place to react to the new research.
- camgunz 3y agoYeah true, and yeah hopefully. The politics on this have gotten a little out of control but that seems pretty levelheaded.