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Teaching Reading Right
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/16/2009
Teaching Reading Right
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John McWhorter makes a somewhat overblown but essentially correct point about the screwed-up way we teach reading in this country. Basically, there are two main ways of doing this. One, “direct instruction,” involves an emphasis on phonics and teaching kids to sound words out. ...

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Joanne Jacobs:  We know how to teach reading

Remarks by the President on Teaching American History and Civic Education
whitehouse.gov - 1/16/2009
Remarks by the President on Teaching American History and Civic Education
— whitehouse.gov — For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary September 17, 2002 Remarks by the President on Teaching American History and Civic Education East Literature Magnet School Nashville, Tennessee 1:05 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for ... (more) Remarks by the President on Teaching American History ...

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Recommended Reading
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/13/2009
Recommended Reading
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Reader V.C. writes: “I really want to make a pivot into the Urban Policy/Planning/Transportation world. Are there any basic texts or publications that you think would be good to read” There are! In particular, Christopher ... (more) Recommended Reading

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Where To Stop Reading
fablog.ehrensteinland.com - 1/15/2009
Where To Stop Reading
— fablog.ehrensteinland.com — In this case the 13th graph: “Does that absolutely prove he did it? No,” Mr. Garrett said. With no confession and no trial, he said, “you’re going to be left not getting over the top of the mountain.” Take it away Newsboys! (more) Where To Stop Reading
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We know how to teach reading
Joanne Jacobs — ... McWhorter. Yet educators prefer “creativity.” Indeed, schools of education have long been caught up in an idea that teaching poor kids to read requires something more than, well, teaching them how to sound out words. The poor child, the good-thinking wisdom tells us, needs tutti-frutti approaches bringing in music, rhythm, narrative, Ebonics, and so on. . . . But the simple fact of how well DI has worked shows that “creativity” is not what poor kids need. Matt Yglesias warns of overselling DI , but says McWhorter is basically right.

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