What Minnesota Schools Get Wrong About Reading Instruction

Minnesota public schools are abandoning basic phonics, and encouraging students to guess at words using picture clues. As a result, 43% of Minnesota 3rd graders can’t read at grade level.

In this webinar:

  • Find out what “balanced literacy” and “whole language” buzzwords really mean
  • What public schools are (and aren’t) teaching elementary readers
  • How you can teach your child to read at home in 100 easy lessons.

The “My Child Will Read” web site is at: http://MyChildWillRead.org

Center of the American Experiment Policy Fellow Catrin Wigfall and reading expert Dave Ziffer originally broadcast this webinar live on Wednesday, February 24th 2021, at 12 pm CST.