Nearing the end of the ‘reading wars’

Nearing the end of the ‘reading wars’

It’s taken four decades, but using phonics to teach English soon could be state policy. Phonics is where kids are taught a language with a phonetic alphabet by sounding out the letters and separate syllables. Unfortunately, in many schools students still are taught “whole word” reading.” The kids are supposed to recognize a complete word, such as “incomprehensible.” Needless to say, it’s not working. Assembly Bill 1454 is carried by Assembly Spe…