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Why have so many public schools stopped teaching phonics?
Wordpress ^ | December 22, 2024 | Dan from Squirrel Hill

Posted on 12/22/2024 9:18:06 AM PST by grundle

Business Insider just published the following:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/daughter-repeated-kindergarten-because-she-101201351.html

My daughter repeated kindergarten because she couldn’t read. I ended up sending both my kids to private school because I don’t trust the public system.

By Jane Ridley

December 22, 2024

Susie Coughlin was concerned when her daughter struggled with reading skills at her public school.

The mom of two was disappointed her district didn’t teach phonics as part of its literacy program.

She switched her child to a Catholic school where the girl thrived after being taught phonics.

Why have so many public schools stopped teaching phonics?


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1 posted on 12/22/2024 9:18:06 AM PST by grundle
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To: grundle

Just a W-A-G, but may have something to do with a certain Democrat core constituency.


2 posted on 12/22/2024 9:20:05 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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She is about 60 years too late with this question.


3 posted on 12/22/2024 9:22:05 AM PST by my job (FDR, JFK, LBJ, LGB)
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To: grundle
My friend didn't know her daughter couldn't write her own name since printing became "the thing".

I taught my granddaughter writing, spelling and times tables. Found out the teachers no longer marked things wrong...so they didn't hurt the kids feelings.

4 posted on 12/22/2024 9:22:47 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: grundle
cuz you cant fool, deceive or brainwash those who can easily read for themselves, and practice reading comprehension and critical thinking.
5 posted on 12/22/2024 9:23:00 AM PST by cuz1961 (Isaiah 53:3)
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To: grundle

Because now they teach ebonics.

Omelette: I was gonna pop a cap in yo azz but omelette it slide. 😏


6 posted on 12/22/2024 9:23:05 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: grundle

There are two theories and both are useful, although I think history/better leans towards phonics.

I grew up with see and say. “See Dick run, see Salley run.”

Remember the toy, See and say.

But all kids are different.

Both are useful, it is not one or the other which was done.


7 posted on 12/22/2024 9:23:42 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are not longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: grundle

“Why have so many public schools stopped teaching phonics?”

The reason is VERY SIMPLE, but yet impossible for most conservatives and others to accept:

Democrat leaders and activists simply HATE US SOCIETY, particularly our wealth. They spent their college life hating this country and now have worked their way into positions of power to put an end to the US that we all grew up in.

But what the hell, Public School is FREE and that’s all that I care - my kids can deal with getting their lives screwed up by those institutions, I want the bigger house and camper, as I DESERVE IT. Right?


8 posted on 12/22/2024 9:24:04 AM PST by BobL
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To: Steely Tom

“..Just a W-A-G, but may have something to do with a certain Democrat core constituency.....”

^THIS^.
And yes, about 60 years too late in asking the question.
The evil ones destroy everything they touch...including education.


9 posted on 12/22/2024 9:24:22 AM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created..." )
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“And yes, about 60 years too late in asking the question.”

...and most likely not believing Right-Wing Extremists like myself, even when our children PROVE we’re right.


10 posted on 12/22/2024 9:26:08 AM PST by BobL
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To: Georgia Girl 2

KnowwhatI’msayin’?


11 posted on 12/22/2024 9:26:19 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Sacajaweau

I taught my granddaughter writing, spelling and times tables. -———————————————————
these were all taught at home at one time. Then we trusted the institutions, which works as long as there were good teachers.

Everyone here reads books to their kids, right?


12 posted on 12/22/2024 9:26:54 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are not longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: grundle
Why have so many public schools stopped teaching phonics?

They want students to fail upward.
The federal Dept. of Education is useless.
Teachers unions are more concerned with protecting members jobs than educating students.

Shall I do on?

13 posted on 12/22/2024 9:26:54 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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Shall I do on? = Shall I go on?

Proofreading is fundamental, just like reading.

14 posted on 12/22/2024 9:28:40 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: PeterPrinciple
Everyone here reads books to their kids, right?

I certainly did. Every night since they were toddlers, until the oldest was in high school.

Both are conservatives today, in their 20s.

15 posted on 12/22/2024 9:29:24 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: grundle
I started with this in the 3d grade and my reading comprehension and consumption vastly increased. The phonics classes that I received in K-3 grade laid the groundwork, but this program started my love of reading ...


16 posted on 12/22/2024 9:29:56 AM PST by BlueLancer (Orchides Forum Trahite - Cordes Et Mentes Veniant)
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To: grundle

I retired 11 years ago but one of my colleagues who taught 7th grade English, literally snuck in 10 minutes of grammar every day, because they didn’t want grammar to be taught.


17 posted on 12/22/2024 9:32:36 AM PST by mware
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This, of course, stopped with Nancy Reagans “Just Say No” campaign. First applied to Drugs but libs moved on saying that “Hooked on Phonics” must be an addiction too. Therefore bad. Now cursive is no longer taught or practiced.


18 posted on 12/22/2024 9:32:40 AM PST by BipolarBob (As it was in the days of Noah they were feasting, drinking egg nog and celebrating Christmas.)
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To: grundle

They don’t want the serfs to be educated, just indoctrinated.


19 posted on 12/22/2024 9:33:05 AM PST by alternatives?
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To: BlueLancer
I remember SRA.

Science Research Associates Inc. was founded in 1938 with a trade and occupational focus. In 1957, it moved into individualized classroom instruction with the iconic SRA Reading Laboratory Kit, a format that they translated to mathematics, science, and social studies commonly called cards. The labs were large boxes filled with color-coded cardboard sheets, and each sheet included a reading exercise for students. Each student would work on it independently of the other students in the class, consulting with the teacher only if he or she got stuck. The student would then follow up with multiple-choice questions. As the child moved ahead, the cards would advance in difficulty.

IBM purchased SRA in 1964. By this time, the company's line of primary- and secondary-school products had increased. Among the new products was the National Educational Development Tests, a series of standardized tests sold to schools as a method of testing students' likelihood of qualifying for college. SRA produced both IBM PC and Apple II software in the 1980s. Maxwell Communication Corporation bought SRA in 1988, and it became part of Macmillan/McGraw-Hill in 1989. Maxwell Communications collapsed, and McGraw-Hill acquired full ownership of Macmillan/McGraw-Hill and SRA.

(from Wikipedia)
20 posted on 12/22/2024 9:35:38 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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