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Problematic “Scientific Based” Phonics: The Flawed National Reading Panel

October 16, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 16 Comments

It’s odd and detrimental that the National Reading Panel is highlighted in reports as science, used to promote phonics and criticize how teachers teach reading. It has become so intense that teachers are being advised to drop certain reading methods to focus solely on “systematic, explicit phonics!” The NRP was discredited long ago. Why it’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, IDEA, Loss of School Librarians, National Reading Panel, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, NRP, phonics, Reading Instruction, School Librarians, school libraries, science readiing, Technology

Investigating the Corporate Fingerprints in the Media Attacks on Teachers and Colleges of Education

June 13, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 9 Comments

A media rollout of criticism towards teachers and their COEs mostly over reading, has fueled debate about what teachers know about teaching. Are these reports what they seem, or is something else going on? None of these commentaries look at the effects of Common Core State Standards. Look closely and one finds corporate school reform fingerprints. If reformers […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, corporate school reform, Education Schools, National Council of Teacher Quality, National Reading Panel, Negative reporting, reading, Stand for Children, Teach for America, teachers

How School Reform, Including Common Core, Has Devastated Children and Their Joy of Learning to Read

January 4, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 134 Comments

School reform has taken a toll on children starting in kindergarten (even preschool). There’s little doubt that children are being forced to learn to read earlier than ever before. The reading gap likely reflects the developmental differences found in children when they are forced to read too soon. Why are schools doing this? Forcing kindergarteners […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Common Core, Emily Hanford, Joy of Reading, McGraw Hill, National Council on Teacher Quality, National Reading Panel, phonics, reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Teachers, Reading Wonders, science of reading, teachers

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