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Reading Reform Beyond Phonics | Sam Weaver
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Reading Reform Beyond Phonics | Sam Weaver

American schools must improve beyond phonics if students are to achieve a high level of literacy.

American schools have long performed dismally at providing the education children need to read well. A movement in favor of systematic phonics instruction offers hope for improvement, but while phonics is essential to teaching children to read, they need further education to become highly capable readers. This talk by Sam Weaver defines a properly aspirational goal for reading education, explores the types of knowledge and skills that go into reading, and identifies key areas beyond phonics where American schools must improve if students are to achieve a high level of literacy.

Recorded live on June 17 in Anaheim, CA as part of OCON 2024.

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