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Excellent Reads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months ago

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids in the US to be poor readers

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How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids in the US to be poor readers

www.apmreports.org

alex [they, il]@jlai.lu to

Excellent Reads@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months ago

cross-posted to:
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How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers

www.apmreports.org

For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything wrong with it.

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Oh wow I just caught the dyslexia bit. The rest was so bad I just blew right past it.

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