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Nine Reading Experts Explain the Sad State of Reading

The Reading Wars continue to rage.
Flawed methods continue to cause illiteracy and dyslexia. It’s a huge tragedy.
But why has it happened? And how do you keep your child from being damaged?
1) Don Potter
2) Mona McNee
3) Wanda Sanseri
4) Samuel Blumenfeld
5) Kim Lattadren
6) Siegfried Engelmann
7) Malkin Dare
8) Geraldine Rodgers
9) Elizabeth Brown

My personal conclusion is that the flawed methods used in many public schools are not only a national tragedy but child abuse. I want to remind everyone of Rudolph Flesch´s "Why Johnny STILL Can´t Read" (1981). Chapter 7 is titled "We Do Teach Phonics," which is the official lie that many teachers are still told to use. Caveat emptor.

The USA is said to have 50,000,000 functional illiterates and 1,000,000 dyslexics.
They are victims of educational malpractice. This article is dedicated to them.
READ MORE ! @ American Chronicle: 10/14/09 by Bruce Deitrick Price