The rePUGliCONs want chaos…so they create chaos…they actually don’t give a damn about the ppl of Ohio! Until white ppl stop voting for these monsters We, the ppl, will continue to be fucked every second of every day!
Phonetic awareness and phonics are a main part of the Science of Reading, and that is good. The late Dr. Jean Chall was a major figure in the reading field and a big proponent of phonics based instruction for emerging readers. The reason the Science of Reading alone isn't a silver bullet is that its success depends in large part on how well teachers are trained in it. Good curriculum plus good teacher training is what makes for good instruction for students. Both are needed. Education, especially reading, should be a top priority for our country. The private school vouchers are a terrible idea that will hurt far more students than they will help. In many ways, it's a tax on lower and middle income families to benefit more affluent ones.
I don’t trust Mike DeWine’s judgment on anything at this moment. I do volunteer at the school. One hour a week I listen to 2nd graders read and time them for 1minute. I ask them questions relating to the story. Schools have changed how they teach and as an adult I’m not sure it’s been for the better. One thing that is clear you can’t learn without reading.
Who bought DeWine so he'd push the science of reading BS? Find the developer of the BS program and you'll find who paid off the Gov! Same thing for the forced state tests...was it someone's relative..some state politician..who came up with that idea and had it forced on schools to "teach to the test"?
How much do you know about the Science of Reading? How did you conclude that it is a "BS program?" I'm with David on the main point of his message, but I'm concerned that there may be some misinformation out there about what the Science of Reading means.
"Science of Reading" is not a program. It is a body of knowledge built up through research and practice about how children learn to read. Ideally, that body of knowledge is used to develop effective curriculum and instructional methods that ensure that students learn how the written word works- from the most basic individual word level, through sentence, paragraph, and story or essay level. Unfortunately, over the last 40-50 years, the most basic skills for reading- understanding how individual words are structured in written form- have either not been taught at all or have been taught in a haphazard manner which leaves many children falling behind.
I am a CERI Certified Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist. My work is especially focused on teaching children with dyslexia and other reading difficulties how to read. One of the main reasons our nation's children can't read is that their schools have not taught them how the English language is structured- especially at the word level. If children cannot decode individual words because they haven't been taught how spoken words are represented in print, they can't develop comprehension skills.
Ohio was one of the earliest states to recognize that screening and intervention for dyslexia are needed. The first law was passed in 2012 and was more recently updated (2021). This is one thing that Ohio did well. I hope the implementation is also done well. Given the current status of politics in Ohio, we'll have to watch and see.
That’s why I stayed out of the debate overall. And think it would be better left to the experts than politicians who generally have not shown a commitment to doing the right thing.
Yeah but this one of those rare moments that this plutocrat is actually right about something. There’s be a lot of good reporting on this if people want to learn more. My gateway was the podcast called Sold a Story which I highly recommend.
I agree and appreciate the your analysis about vouchers and public schools. If only we were like Finland where private schools are outlawed.
Thanks for bringing out this conflict of interests, David, yet another one. Notwithstanding the comments that the "science of reading" comprises a body of actual research, it feels like a bait and switch with so much money deflected from public schools to benefit private school parents who really don't. We even sent our son to private schools for several years and I don't believe state vouchers are right. Low income students should be subsidized by private schools with private grants. We're going down a steeper slope than we realize.
This is a very serious problem, challenging the separation of church and state enshrined in our constitution. Why isn't this being taken directly to the SCOTUS?
I struggle with your comment that “private schools are bad.” Do you mean that all private schools are bad? That they are inherently bad just by existing? Or are you concerned mainly about public funds used to pay tuition in a way that still leaves working class and people in abject poverty behind?
I have become more liberal in many of my views, but one thing I will defend is a parent’s right to choose where their children are educated. I stand in favor of legal limits to ensure that they ARE educated, but in a free nation, parents should have choice.
I did not say private schools are bad. Private school policy is bad. There is precious little oversight on what is taught or how it’s taught. (Read Favid Pepper out of Ohio.) And the voucher system (which grew out of a backlash from Brown v Board of Education) drains funding from our public schools. If we fail to properly fund our public schools we risk raising generations of dummies. And there is almost no oversight on homeschooling. No oversight protection on these kids whatsoever. Parents can teach whatever they want!
The rePUGliCONs want chaos…so they create chaos…they actually don’t give a damn about the ppl of Ohio! Until white ppl stop voting for these monsters We, the ppl, will continue to be fucked every second of every day!
Phonetic awareness and phonics are a main part of the Science of Reading, and that is good. The late Dr. Jean Chall was a major figure in the reading field and a big proponent of phonics based instruction for emerging readers. The reason the Science of Reading alone isn't a silver bullet is that its success depends in large part on how well teachers are trained in it. Good curriculum plus good teacher training is what makes for good instruction for students. Both are needed. Education, especially reading, should be a top priority for our country. The private school vouchers are a terrible idea that will hurt far more students than they will help. In many ways, it's a tax on lower and middle income families to benefit more affluent ones.
Correction: phonemic awareness
I don’t trust Mike DeWine’s judgment on anything at this moment. I do volunteer at the school. One hour a week I listen to 2nd graders read and time them for 1minute. I ask them questions relating to the story. Schools have changed how they teach and as an adult I’m not sure it’s been for the better. One thing that is clear you can’t learn without reading.
What do you see in reading instruction that concerns you?
Brought to you by the same people who brought you HB 6 and Sam Randazzo scandals. Just totally on brand
Who bought DeWine so he'd push the science of reading BS? Find the developer of the BS program and you'll find who paid off the Gov! Same thing for the forced state tests...was it someone's relative..some state politician..who came up with that idea and had it forced on schools to "teach to the test"?
How much do you know about the Science of Reading? How did you conclude that it is a "BS program?" I'm with David on the main point of his message, but I'm concerned that there may be some misinformation out there about what the Science of Reading means.
"Science of Reading" is not a program. It is a body of knowledge built up through research and practice about how children learn to read. Ideally, that body of knowledge is used to develop effective curriculum and instructional methods that ensure that students learn how the written word works- from the most basic individual word level, through sentence, paragraph, and story or essay level. Unfortunately, over the last 40-50 years, the most basic skills for reading- understanding how individual words are structured in written form- have either not been taught at all or have been taught in a haphazard manner which leaves many children falling behind.
I am a CERI Certified Structured Literacy Dyslexia Specialist. My work is especially focused on teaching children with dyslexia and other reading difficulties how to read. One of the main reasons our nation's children can't read is that their schools have not taught them how the English language is structured- especially at the word level. If children cannot decode individual words because they haven't been taught how spoken words are represented in print, they can't develop comprehension skills.
Ohio was one of the earliest states to recognize that screening and intervention for dyslexia are needed. The first law was passed in 2012 and was more recently updated (2021). This is one thing that Ohio did well. I hope the implementation is also done well. Given the current status of politics in Ohio, we'll have to watch and see.
That’s why I stayed out of the debate overall. And think it would be better left to the experts than politicians who generally have not shown a commitment to doing the right thing.
Yeah but this one of those rare moments that this plutocrat is actually right about something. There’s be a lot of good reporting on this if people want to learn more. My gateway was the podcast called Sold a Story which I highly recommend.
I agree and appreciate the your analysis about vouchers and public schools. If only we were like Finland where private schools are outlawed.
Thanks for bringing out this conflict of interests, David, yet another one. Notwithstanding the comments that the "science of reading" comprises a body of actual research, it feels like a bait and switch with so much money deflected from public schools to benefit private school parents who really don't. We even sent our son to private schools for several years and I don't believe state vouchers are right. Low income students should be subsidized by private schools with private grants. We're going down a steeper slope than we realize.
This is a very serious problem, challenging the separation of church and state enshrined in our constitution. Why isn't this being taken directly to the SCOTUS?
Thank you for doing our homework! Private schools are simply bad policy and plainly un-American. Excellent article. Terrible news.
I struggle with your comment that “private schools are bad.” Do you mean that all private schools are bad? That they are inherently bad just by existing? Or are you concerned mainly about public funds used to pay tuition in a way that still leaves working class and people in abject poverty behind?
I have become more liberal in many of my views, but one thing I will defend is a parent’s right to choose where their children are educated. I stand in favor of legal limits to ensure that they ARE educated, but in a free nation, parents should have choice.
I did not say private schools are bad. Private school policy is bad. There is precious little oversight on what is taught or how it’s taught. (Read Favid Pepper out of Ohio.) And the voucher system (which grew out of a backlash from Brown v Board of Education) drains funding from our public schools. If we fail to properly fund our public schools we risk raising generations of dummies. And there is almost no oversight on homeschooling. No oversight protection on these kids whatsoever. Parents can teach whatever they want!