Why can't we teach kids to read? Actually, the question is why don't we teach kids to read? Why is there so much resistance to explicit phonics instruction?
According to a recent report, California now leads the country in illiteracy. In fact, 23.1 percent of Californians over age 15 cannot read this sentence.
While the problem has many causes, much of the blame falls on the state’s failing public schools. The 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress found that just 30 percent of California eighth-graders are proficient in reading. And those numbers reflect results gathered before the Covid-19 lockdowns. link
California is a disaster. A one-party-rule, utopian disaster.
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