Recalibrating Phonics and Other Basic Skills Instruction

A recent article in Education Week raises an issue I’ve been concerned about for some time and I was glad they contacted me about it: Phonics Is Crucial—But How Much Is Too Much ? The piece reflects a shift that’s been building: after correcting the relative lack of phonics and other basic skills instruction in the Whole Language/Balanced Literacy approach, some adopters of the “science of…