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OUCH. Haha
I don’t think you would laugh at the results if you saw the stats from the Chicago Public Schools. Most cannot read, write or cypher better than a 3rd grader when they graduate from high school. I would call that a dead end.
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Are you f me?
That’s f up!
Really?!
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Really.
We have to give out thanks and some more money to the teacher’s union for those results, year after year after year. The people there complain a lot about it and want to have vouchers that are attached to the students rather than the schools.
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No, it's really appalling.
One of the places I lived couldn't fill three police officer openings, because they couldn't find three applicants who could pass a 3rd grade reading proficiency test.
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You know the reason for that, don’t you?
The way they teach reading is the problem. They quit teaching spelling and phonetic reading a long time ago. Written language is a code to decipher and if you do not give the keys to decipher it, nobody will be able to decipher it. That is the problem, the keys are phonetic reading and spelling rules. Once the kids have those tools they can read anything they want at their leisure. Here is a good article about it: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2008/03/linda-schrock-taylor/spelling-rules-rule/
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Yeah, I remember that piece. I'm pretty sure I read every article at lewrockwell.com during those Ron Paul years.
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Yes, I came across her stuff when I was just starting on the internet. She is a big advocate for getting rid of the current
learn-word-by-word style of teaching reading.The Ron Paul years were certainly active years. I went to see him speak and go him to autograph his book about money for me. I still have it and treasure it because of lost opportunities.
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