Did you learn phonics in school? (lemmy.ml)

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Apparently, some schools in the U.S. didn't teach phonics until recently (2014).

Did anyone here learn phonics in school?

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[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 6 points 4 days ago

A lot of kids were taught to read badly. There's this whole "whole word" and "cuing theory" approach to reading that doesn't work very well. https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

Apparently 65% of fourth graders aren't proficient at reading (as of the linked source from 2022)

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