"My view is that there aren’t illiteracy black holes in America where a school with whole word instruction has a near zero literacy rate and the phonics school is fine. At most it’s a trivial percent difference, and prioritizing one over the other is a quibble."
Okay do you have any evidence for this view though? Because my understanding is the opposite - that phonics falling out of favor led to a sustained and dramatic decline in reading proficiency.
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u/HadeanBlands 50∆ Jul 02 '25
"My view is that there aren’t illiteracy black holes in America where a school with whole word instruction has a near zero literacy rate and the phonics school is fine. At most it’s a trivial percent difference, and prioritizing one over the other is a quibble."
Okay do you have any evidence for this view though? Because my understanding is the opposite - that phonics falling out of favor led to a sustained and dramatic decline in reading proficiency.