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> I think this professor has lot the plot by pinning this most recent decline on COVID and whatnot. > death of individual passion in the teaching professions a

> I think this professor has lot the plot by pinning this most recent decline on COVID and whatnot. > death of individual passion in the teaching professions at the lower grade levels that is the direct result of common core I'm not sure how you come to that conclusion. The professor agrees with you, talking about Common Core in their first point, and only touching on the transient COVID decline in their second point, before circling back to phonics, Common Core, again. Trying to categorize this article as "blaming COVID for falling reading standards" is railing against something that isn't happening: literally only one of the ten paragraphs of the article references the pandemic.

happytiger 3y ago
Hardly. The author establishes that reading is a challenge and then attributes it to a multitude of challenges including smartphones, COVID and “broader cultural trends over which educators have little control” and balanced literacy approaches. I submit its common core primarily that is causing the damage. I don’t think your criticism is on point. I may not be writing well, but I think what I’m saying is largely different and certainly more single problem oriented. Academics LOVE to sprinkle in a little of this, and a little of that to explain the problem. But the truth is not as complicated: common core is causing a decline in educational outcomes. It’s a crap way to teach kids and it should be tossed in the bin and power given back to teachers to teach and trust put back into professionals being able to teach better than centrally budgeted bureaucracy. I could be narrow. I could be wrong. But I don’t think I’m missing the point I’m trying to make.
graemep 3y ago
I am a bit doubtful about phonics. Everyone in my family learned to read before we were taught at school, and we all learned using whole word teaching, not phonics. It can be turned unto a game so it is easier to get kids to enjoy it.

happytiger 3y ago

Hardly. The author establishes that reading is a challenge and then attributes it to a multitude of challenges including smartphones, COVID and “broader cultural trends over which educators have little control” and balanced literacy approaches. I submit its common core primarily that is causing the damage. I don’t think your criticism is on point. I may not be writing well, but I think what I’m saying is largely different and certainly more single problem oriented. Academics LOVE to sprinkle in a little of this, and a little of that to explain the problem. But the truth is not as complicated: common core is causing a decline in educational outcomes. It’s a crap way to teach kids and it should be tossed in the bin and power given back to teachers to teach and trust put back into professionals being able to teach better than centrally budgeted bureaucracy. I could be narrow. I could be wrong. But I don’t think I’m missing the point I’m trying to make.

graemep 3y ago

I am a bit doubtful about phonics. Everyone in my family learned to read before we were taught at school, and we all learned using whole word teaching, not phonics. It can be turned unto a game so it is easier to get kids to enjoy it.