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| She Taught Millions of Kids the Wrong Way to Read | She Taught Millions of Kids the Wrong Way to Read |
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| Over the past three decades, Lucy Calkins helped create a set of strategies for teaching children how to read, known as balanced literacy. It was widely adopted in the United States, including in New York, the country’s largest public school system. | |
| But doubts about the approach persisted, and now it seems that using balanced literacy has given a generation of American students the wrong tools. | But doubts about the approach persisted, and now it seems that using balanced literacy has given a generation of American students the wrong tools. |
| Dana Goldstein, who covers family policy and demographics for The Times, discusses the story of balanced literacy and how Professor Calkins is trying to fix the problems that the technique created. | Dana Goldstein, who covers family policy and demographics for The Times, discusses the story of balanced literacy and how Professor Calkins is trying to fix the problems that the technique created. |
| Lucy Calkins has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics. Critics may not be appeased. | Lucy Calkins has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics. Critics may not be appeased. |
| Fed up parents, civil rights activists, newly awakened educators and lawmakers are crusading for “the science of reading.” Can they get results? | Fed up parents, civil rights activists, newly awakened educators and lawmakers are crusading for “the science of reading.” Can they get results? |
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| Dana Goldstein contributed reporting. | Dana Goldstein contributed reporting. |
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