Wednesday, February 19, 2025

How to Read a Book: Elementary Reading

 Started reading this chapter tonight, but didn't finish. Several interesting thoughts here.

1. Teaching the masses is very different from teaching a small, interestedish, affluent group

2. We are moving away from whole language back to phonics. IN 1940.

3. Americans have always complained about education. For at least a century. In 1940.

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