Episode 21: A Quick Guide to the Reading Wars (Nov. 17, 2021)
Reading is the single most important skill. But our public schools insist on teaching it wrong. This is well-known because ed professors have done a lot of research over the last hundred years. Everyone should get involved in winning this debate. If you want children to read, teach them phonics.
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More detail on the reading mess: "No joy in reading. That's the plan."
Let's Fix Education explains to Americans why their schools are so bad. The people in charge prefer mediocrity because they are socialists of one kind or another. If people work together to promote real education, we'll have it.