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Distinguished’ Denver Teachers Encourage Students to Diss American Culture

Words Wrote: Aug 31, 2012 9:09 AM
Whole word reading was around before Dewey. He may be responsible for resurrecting it. The printing press was invented in 1440, with widespread use in 1480. How were people learning to read before the phonics method was invented? They memorized each word. Whole word reading.
What happens when progressives run government schools? They judge teachers based upon their own socio-political values.

They don’t care if Billy or Suzie can read or write very well. But they want to make sure the kids are aware of all the social injustice plaguing the United States of America.

That’s the only possible explanation for Denver Public Schools’ new teacher evaluation system .

The system will rate teachers as “distinguished” – the highest rating – when they (among other things):

Encourage students to “challenge and question the dominant culture.”...
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