Episode 184: Why American Public Schools Can’t Teach Children To Read? The Secret Story (Wed, Jan 8, 2025)

It was a deal signed in blood, or if not in blood, then in IQ points. Keeping Sight-Words in play was a dirty trick on all the average students who were reduced a notch or three.

Frank Smith produced the sophistry required to keep nonsense in play.

There is a double penalty because learning to read with phonics actually raises intelligence, according to many researchers.

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video: READING IS EASY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JV0tPGn-Ws

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