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Missouri’s shift to phonics-based reading instruction worries some teachers

  • Hannah Race

It is no secret that Missouri struggles to achieve proficiency in reading. In 2024, 42% of Missouri’s fourth grade students scored below basic, meaning they did not meet the lowest performance standard of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, according to the Nation’s Report Card. To combat the low scores, recent literacy mandates require evidence-based […]

Will Johnny Ever Learn To Read? Pushback Against Science of Reading Mandates
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Will Johnny Ever Learn To Read? Pushback Against Science of Reading Mandates

  • Vince Bielski | RealClearWire

Half a century after the book “Why Johnny Can’t Read” sounded an alarm about the rise of illiteracy in the U.S., it has only gotten worse: A quarter of all young adults, many of them high school graduates, are now functionally illiterate. Unable to read more than basic, short sentences, their prospects in today’s information economy are bleak.