As reading scores fall, states turn to phonics — but not without a fight
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As reading scores fall, states turn to phonics — but not without a fight
By Robbie Sequeira, Stateline.orgAs states rush to address falling literacy scores, a new kind of education debate in state legislatures is taking hold: not whether reading instruction needs fixing, but how to fix it.More than a dozen states have enacted laws banning public school educators from teaching youngsters to read using an approach that’s been popular for decades. The method, known as “three-cueing,” encourages kids to figure out unfamiliar words using context clues such as meaning, sentence structure and visual hints.In the past two years, several states have instead embraced instruction rooted in what’s known as the “science of reading.” ..