Uh, hellooo, it is the parents' fault. If the school is failing to provide little Johnny with a proper education then the parents need to step up to the plate and make sure their tax dollars are being handled properly. Go to school board meetings and demand answers. Run for school board. Form a PTO. Demand answers from the state legislature and make the state abide by state laws. Transfer Johnny to another school or homeschool him. Far too many parents move into a new home without checking out the schools their kids will be attending so, again, it's a failure on the parents' part. When parents can't be bothered to help their kids with homework or even see that it's being done rather than letting the tv or computer babysit for them, then that's hardly the school's fault that Johnny can't read. Is it any wonder that lazy parents leave it up to the schools to give Johnny condoms?
My kids all learned to read early (the oldest was reading to his 3yr old preschool class). They loved watching “The Electric Company”. This was 30 to 35 years ago. So I searched and found the old Electric Company shows on DVD for my 8 month old granddaughter to watch someday soon. PHONICS please, thank you very much! :)
Johnny doesn’t need to read. Johnny doesn’t need to write. All Johnny needs to know is how to swipe his welfare debit card.