I see you’ve collected a lot of eclectic information on your site, including tables of phonics rules. I don’t think I have seen those before. When we were learning to read it was a blended approach in which we got Dick, Jane and Sally readers at school and a more phonic approach at home. We had a lot of spelling tests and gradually absorbed unusual spellings and pronunciation through reading, daily school work, and magazines. I remember liking the vocabulary builders in our newspaper and my parents’ Readers’ Digest magazines. We don’t seem to see those ongoing reminders to develop our vocabulary even in adulthood.
The republican plank on education this week reads like this:
EDUCATION
Provide School Choice to Every Child in America
Teach American Exceptionalism
This is a minimalist plank. That is, one that the president could do if the democrats hold the house.
If the republicans can hold the senate and retake the house what would be a maximalist agenda for republicans on education.