Literacy Teaching
Methods Failed Millions Of Kids
Literacy in the United States is relatively high
globally, but far below where it should be. There are many reasons why, but
none more inexcusable than the dissing of teaching reading through phonics.
Thankfully, a huge change has occurred in the last few years to revert back to
the scientifically proven and most basic way to teach reading to kids:
phonetically.
The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project
at Columbia finally was dissolved after four decades of using less effective
methods. Lucy Calkins, the literacy professor and curriculum entrepreneur, sold
a bunch of crap that downplayed the use of phonetics.
42 states, since 2019, passed laws that
essentially say to use phonetics in the teaching of reading. Simply, there must
be evidence-based results for teaching methods, and Calkins’ work did not pass
muster. Now we need to untrain or retrain our teachers so that they don’t
continue to fail our young minds.
Even in a country like the United States,
where pre-K to 12 public education is free to all, 36 million adults can’t
maintain employment because of their inability to read and write in English
proficiently.
Can you help solve this problem?
Volunteer with your:
* Local literacy program
* County jail literacy program
* Town library
Donate books to:
* Schools
* Orphanages
^ Libraries
* Non-profit educational organizations
Inquire how you can assist here:
World Literacy Foundation
https://worldliteracyfoundation.org/
Directory of Literacy
https://lincs.ed.gov/professional-development/resource-collections/profile-986
Freedom to Read Foundation
https://www.ftrf.org/default.aspx
Barbara Bush Foundation For Family Literacy
Share Literacy
ProLiteracy
National Coalition for Literacy
http://www.national-coalition-literacy.org/
International Reading Association
Reach Out and Read National Center
http://www.reachoutandread.org/
Read To Me International Foundation
ReadAloud.org
The Reading Connection
http://www.thereadingconnection.org/
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc
ReadKiddoRead
SMART Start Making A Reader Today
http://www.getsmartoregon.org/
Family Reading Partnership
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