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Excellent thread 🧵 right here. ⬇️
It’s usually the journalists, the researchers far removed from classrooms, and the influencers setting the stage with broad-stroke generalizations. Time for another “story” 🙄
Are there schools overdosing on phonics?
Absolutely.
But the dozens of threads I’ve read re: this argument the last few days seem much more centered around:
1. An obscene amount of minutes of places still focusing on oral-only PA
And
2. Not enough time in text
1/10
A Hornet Primer or @TheWordWasp manual, a pencil, and paper…✅
Look at what can be accomplished with an inexpensive, structured decoding and spelling manual.
When people realize that Mississippi is spending between $10-$13k per pupil & has gone from 49th in education to 9th in the nation in 13 years, & that they did so by switching to a pre-90s phonics curriculum instead of just flooding a bad system with more money. They'll revolt
Ms. Sam is our latest guest!!! If this thread resonates with you, make sure to watch or listen to hear how she integrates foundational skills into her HS class!! @BoksnerJudy
In elementary school, students learn to read. By secondary school, they’re expected to read to learn. But what if they can't?
According to NAEP 2024, only 30–35% of 8th & 12th graders are proficient. ⬇️
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