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| ‘Kids Can’t Read’: The Revolt That Is Taking On the Education Establishment | ‘Kids Can’t Read’: The Revolt That Is Taking On the Education Establishment |
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| In suburban Houston, parents rose up against a top-rated school district, demanding an entirely new reading curriculum. | In suburban Houston, parents rose up against a top-rated school district, demanding an entirely new reading curriculum. |
| At an elementary school in Hutchinson, Minn., a veteran teacher is crusading for reform, haunted by the fear that, for 28 years, she failed children because she was not trained in the cognitive science behind reading. | At an elementary school in Hutchinson, Minn., a veteran teacher is crusading for reform, haunted by the fear that, for 28 years, she failed children because she was not trained in the cognitive science behind reading. |
| And Ohio may become the latest state to overhaul reading instruction, under a plan by Gov. Mike DeWine. | And Ohio may become the latest state to overhaul reading instruction, under a plan by Gov. Mike DeWine. |
| “The evidence is clear,” Mr. DeWine said. “The verdict is in.” | “The evidence is clear,” Mr. DeWine said. “The verdict is in.” |
| A revolt over how children are taught to read, steadily building for years, is now sweeping school board meetings and statehouses around the country. | A revolt over how children are taught to read, steadily building for years, is now sweeping school board meetings and statehouses around the country. |
| The movement, under the banner of “the science of reading,” is targeting the education establishment: school districts, literacy gurus, publishers and colleges of education, which critics say have failed to embrace the cognitive science of how children learn to read. | |
| Research shows that most children need systematic, sound-it-out instruction — known as phonics — as well as other direct support, like building vocabulary and expanding students’ knowledge of the world. |