On phonics vs. cueing in teaching kids to read. Fairly long. I find it baffling that alteratives to phonics were ever seriously considered. What do people think the alphabet is for? Mapping letters to sounds in a composable way is the entire point!
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-reading

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Charter school scams: cut funding to public schools, then replace them for "underperformance" with charters that hide or cook their books ( Read more... )

http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/11/paris-was-my-middle-school-classroom/281489/

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http://qz.com/139453/theres-one-key-difference-between-kids-who-excel-at-math-and-those-who-dont/

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Yglesias says college lectures started before the printing press, when books were expensive and being lectured at made sense. Why did lectures survive the printing press? Granted, there's often areas where key knowledge is mostly in people's heads, especially in advanced or in hands-on fields. But we use "some guy hired for his research ability ( Read more... )

Earth-sized planet found around Alpha Centauri B. With a three-day orbital period, so kind of hot ( Read more... )

Yeah I'm never catching up. Time to just post stuff ( Read more... )

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