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A Notion From “The Fringe”
Last week a blogger, Wendy’s Education List, cited the Chris Blizzard Toronto Sun article in which I was quoted. If you scroll down to Sunday, Aug. 19th in Education News from Ontario, you will see she also added her comment, “Warning: Complete BS alert! Quotes the fringe neo-con SQE which supports all of the right-wing notions that don’t work anywhere.” We must be doing something right if such an “all-knowing expert” OSSTF staffer has to make such a ridiculous statement!
Here’s one “notion” that we KNOW works—systematic, explicit phonics. There are decades of sound research to back up the claim. Our own Stairway to Reading was developed to help students who are struggling, but it is also a good way for parents to prepare younger children for school.
So “Wendy” don’t complain when you get a high school student that can barely read beyond a grade two or three level. Those “fringe” experts such as Stanowich, Adams, Chall, et al. must know something.