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Teachers College to ‘Dissolve’ Lucy Calkins’ Reading and Writing Project
- catlover76 3y agoIt's actually kind of refreshing and nice to see that the dispute is actually about the project's approach to teaching reading skills and not some culture wars thing lol
- cardamomo 3y agoI may not be part of a broader culture wars, but it is part of a resurgent reading wars (https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/to-move-past-the-reading-wars-we-must-understand-where-they-started/2023/08 https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/to-move-past-the-re...). In the past, the two sides of the debate in reading instruction have been aligned with broader political identities in the US, with phonics and direct instruction on the right and whole language on the left. I'm not sure how the current reading trends track politically, but I'm reminded that curriculum and teaching are part of the culture and politics, not in a vacuum.