theHRguy@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 7 months agoReport: Literacy Rates in the United States Have Declined Significantly in the Last 30 Yearsmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down10
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkReport: Literacy Rates in the United States Have Declined Significantly in the Last 30 Yearsmedium.comtheHRguy@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareFarFarAway@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoWhile I dont doubt that texting has had something to do with it, there was a shift from phonics based reading to “balanced literacy” about 30 years ago. The approach has obviously failed in a pretty horrible way.
While I dont doubt that texting has had something to do with it, there was a shift from phonics based reading to “balanced literacy” about 30 years ago. The approach has obviously failed in a pretty horrible way.