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

It is amazing that most public schools do not teach phonics. Rather, they teach memorization. That is crazy. Wife homeschools our son and the curriculum she uses gives a strong foundation based off of phonics. His friends, some two or three grades higher cannot pronounce or spell basic words. My son on the other hand through phonics can pronounce and spell words correctly that he has never heard before because of phonics. One of the many reasons we homeschool instead of opting for the public education system.