Episode 184: Why American Public Schools Can’t Teach Children To Read? The Secret Story

An episode of the Let's Fix Education / by Bruce Deitrick Price podcast, hosted by Bruce Deitrick Price, titled "Episode 184: Why American Public Schools Can’t Teach Children To Read? The Secret Story" was published on January 8, 2025 and runs 7 minutes.

January 8, 2025 ·7m · Let's Fix Education / by Bruce Deitrick Price

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Episode 184: Why American Public Schools Can’t Teach Children To Read? The Secret Story (Wed, Jan 8, 2025) It was a deal signed in blood, or if not in blood, then in IQ points. Keeping Sight-Words in play was a dirty trick on all the average students who were reduced a notch or three. Frank Smith produced the sophistry required to keep nonsense in play. There is a double penalty because learning to read with phonics actually raises intelligence, according to many researchers...

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Episode 184: Why American Public Schools Can’t Teach Children To Read? The Secret Story (Wed, Jan 8, 2025)

It was a deal signed in blood, or if not in blood, then in IQ points. Keeping Sight-Words in play was a dirty trick on all the average students who were reduced a notch or three.

Frank Smith produced the sophistry required to keep nonsense in play.

There is a double penalty because learning to read with phonics actually raises intelligence, according to many researchers.

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video: READING IS EASY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JV0tPGn-Ws

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