re: Louisiana records nation's highest growth in reading after switching to a phonics based sy

Good it needs to make a full come back. They have been trying to teach kids to read by not sounding out words - just looking at some illustrations in the book and making it up as they go. This is why kids can’t fricken read, some lowest common denominator technique, common core type bullshite. Even in Texas this was going on and they are now switching back to phonics and sounding words out - you know , learning how to actually decode words and read. That “new way” was some DEI no dumbass left behind business.