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That's a valid question. I changed it because my point in submitting it was to draw attention to this part of the article: The change started with the Departme
by presidentender 17y ago
That's a valid question. I changed it because my point in submitting it was to draw attention to this part of the article:
The change started with the Department of Education under the Bush administration, he explains, which wanted to see a much heavier focus on the basic tools of reading, like phonics and spelling.
- ellyagg 17y agoAnd as the editorial in the title is not straightforwardly implied by that line, we can confirm that the headline was crafted to provoke outrage.
- roundsquare 17y agoSo I guess the question is... is this due to a reduction in kids' ability to read or is it that we've just realized now that we're focusing on the wrong thing? HN is a pretty specialized group so the fact that RR inspired a lot of people here isn't great data.
- tokenadult 17y agoHN is a pretty specialized group so the fact that RR inspired a lot of people here isn't great data. Very good point. http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html http://norvig.com/experiment-design.html