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“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...
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But even with this new bill, the state is not moving far enough, fast enough. The bill advances phonics and other skills like comprehension and reading fluency, but its adoption is only voluntary.
California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.
South Carolina schools are going all in on the "science of reading," an approach to teaching reading that's largely focused on English's phonics.
One way to do this is through read-alouds, specifically books that are above students’ reading level, she said. It’s a way of exposing students to “complex structures as much as possible.” ...
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But given the evidence in favor of phonics and California’s long history using whole word—to the detriment of students—unions are adhering to a key plank in the progressive education lexicon.