@theHRguy@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world • 7 days agoReport: Literacy Rates in the United States Have Declined Significantly in the Last 30 Yearsmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down10
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minus-square@FarFarAwaylinkEnglish1•5 days agoWhile I dont doubt that texting has had something to do with it, there was a shift from phonics based reading to “balanced literacy” about 30 years ago. The approach has obviously failed in a pretty horrible way.
While I dont doubt that texting has had something to do with it, there was a shift from phonics based reading to “balanced literacy” about 30 years ago. The approach has obviously failed in a pretty horrible way.