
#152 The Reading Wars Are Older Than You Think
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The Role of Phonics in Early Literacy
Reading First was a Bush initiative that focused on phonics, vocabulary and fluency. Rebecca Silverman is now an associate professor of early literacy at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. She says there's a common thread between her experience in New Orleans to what's happening in California right now. Rachel Gabriel: We've gone through a series of course corrections that have over corrected.
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