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How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids in the US to be poor readers
(www.apmreports.org)
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This article is a good (albeit long) explanation of what the MSV system is and why it sucks, but it neglects to mention the important fact that, thankfully, most US states have either already banned it from their public school curriculums or are moving away from it to more evidence-based approches:
https://www.lexialearning.com/blog/sound-it-out-the-shifting-landscape-of-literacy-from-three-cueing-to-science-based-reading
Oh, I didn't know, thanks very much for the correction!