If Columbia University could be held liable for the harm done to generations of American kids, it would lose its entire $13 billion endowment and more. The least it could do is offer an abject apol…
Columbia University is trying to quietly walk away from a disaster it imposed on generations of American children.Columbia announced
that it’s “dissolving” the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and sending its creator, Lucy Calkins, off on indefinite sabbatical. For decades, Calkins and her colleagues pushed “literacy” programs based on ideology, not science; programs failed the children who most needed help. Her “balanced literacy” approach gave short shrift to phonics — by teaching children to look at pictures and guess words, for example, instead of sounding them out — andColumbia’s decision comes months afteron the Calkins-friendly approach once used by nearly half of NYC public schools.
Indeed, the drive toward “evidence-based” instruction has seen districts across the nation reject the Teachers College approach.guiltIf Columbia University could be held liable for the harm done to generations of American kids, it would lose its entire $13 billion endowment and more. The least it could do is offer an abject apology.
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