Whole Language Harms Children - Maybe Most Children. We Must Now Pivot to Science-Based Reading Education. Part 1.
I found a six-part series of the podcast Sold a Story. We all should listen to it.
In the US, one out of four kids in public school cannot read. This is the result of what happens when you teach kids who can decode words how to read like kids who cannot read, based on a flawed theory from New Zealand in the 1960s.
I cannot stress how important this is.
Take 32:47 today and listen to this first exquisitely done six-part series by Emily Hanford. And please share this Popular Rationalism Article on social media because, for these kids, you are the solution.
Millions of kids can't read well. Scientists have known for decades how children learn to read but many schools are ignoring the research. They buy teacher training and books that are rooted in a disproven idea. Emily Hanford investigates four authors and a publishing company that have made millions selling this idea.
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I'm a licensed teacher. I left the school system in 2014 because our county was using whole language and, as a result, many children were falling through the cracks. I started my own non-profit reading program so that I could teach phonics. It hasn't been easy, getting away from the school monopoly to forge my own path, but at least I can sleep at night knowing that I'm giving my students a strong foundation in phonics.
You can find my program here:
MyReadingClub.org
I had no idea as my kids were taught with phonics 30 yrs ago. This is crazy but maybe all part of the bigger “plan” to dumb down our society? Add the neurotoxicity of the childhood vaccine schedule, and we’ve lost a generation.