Episode 123: Sight-words are a con?? Of course. (Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2023)

Episode 123: Sight-words are a con?? Of course. (Wed., Nov. 6, 2023) Sight-words, always a con, always a funny bit of business that the professors of illiteracy came up with. The field of reading has never been more chaotic and irrational. Every teacher seems to have a video explaining some subtle leap into a better future. But all of these things seem to be mainly concerned with keeping sight-words in play. Please, confront the idiocy of sight-words so that we can get on to doing something better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MEMO TO K-12, TEACH KIDS TO READ IN FIRST GRADE https://www.tumblr.com/edworld/732927928834441216/memo-to-k-12-teach-kids-to-read-in-first-grade-or ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Word-Wise Education 757-455-5020 Bruce Deitrick Price ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's Fix Education explains to Americans why their schools are so bad. The people in charge prefer mediocrity because they are socialists of one kind or another. If people work together to promote real education, we'll have it. Support the show