https://www.forbes.com/sites/nataliewex ... ssion=true
I've checked out all the links in the post and they are well worth a visit too - giving a picture of the status quo in America and some of the continued issues with reading instruction. Tragic, actually!Why Johnny Still Can't Read -- And What To Do About It
For decades, there’s been an overwhelming scientific consensus on the best way to teach kids to read. But millions of kids still don’t get the kind of instruction that works.
In the early 1950s, Rudolf Flesch offered to tutor a boy who’d been held back in sixth grade because he couldn’t read. Flesch was horrified to discover that, at age twelve, Johnny couldn’t even decipher a simple word like kid.