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Our Boys Needed Phonics – The Public Schools Didn’t Use It

July 4, 2024 At the teacher conference, it was suggested that our son be evaluated for learning disabilities. So the evaluation commenced, and it was signed on the last day of school that year. Our son, with an IQ of 123, couldn’t read at grade level. Why? – he lacked phonemic awareness and phonics. Of … Read more

Homeschoolers use many different methods to learn to read

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eagletimes.com JODY UNDERWOOD Eagle Times Correspondent Jun 25, 2024 Homeschooled students typically score 15 to 25 percentile points above public-school students on standardized academic achievement tests (says The National Home Education Research Institute, bit.ly/3U1QRJW). An earlier series of articles published by the Eagle Times showed strong majorities of students in schools across our circulation area … Read more