This is great downside protection against the quack methods that have sucked millions out of public school budgets: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t

This is great downside protection against the quack methods that have sucked millions out of public school budgets: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/09/08/controversial-reading-project-teachers-college-will-dissolve https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2023/09/08/c... But … phonics still needs other things to work, like committed teachers and parents who spend the time exposing their kids to books. Phonics is necessary but insufficient. It is the best method, but it still requires a functioning classroom and/or household, which many kids don’t get.