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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Talk Is Cheap
Reading First "militarizes" reading? Wait. "Military," "military dicatorship," "Chile," "mass murder," "Milton Friedman." Now Milton Friedman is miliarizing America's reading curriculum and it's causing genocide against minority school children. Casey! Where's Casey?! Art In a message dated 5/13/2006 7:01:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, pfarr@cal.berkeley.edu writes: One suggestion: don't let Reading First and other scripted teaching approaches off the hook so easily. Yes, their overweaning focus on basic skills eliminates the broader scope of a rounded education, as you state; but we must all emphasize the point that these militarized, "back to basics" programs don't even succeed on their own terms. Research is consistently showing that RF, et. al. are failing to teach kids to read!!!!!! Pete Farruggio
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