I like “bullshit” . In honor of Penn Jillette and Tellers eponymous TV series . Where I could totally expect them to do an episode on AI . If they were still making this show .
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As a husband of a Sami woman , I wonder when my kids will make the connection that the elves look oddly like the people from the old country .
The reasons for why the star changes are three part .
1. Lucy Calkins feel free to google her . (clarifying she is pedaling a bullshit program that for many years promoted anti-phonics. People bought into it as it was new and from Columbia university. So it must be good.)
2. Lucy Calkins Runs Columbia’s Teachers College to some extent. Combined with the bias that Columbia’s program must be better then anything else ever , because it’s “Columbia” and “ if you were this smart you would have gone here !”
3. Local school districts in NY State operate as defacto municipal governments. Orton Gillingham / science based literacy programs are not promoted as they are A. Thought of as not fast to teach and there for will cause added expense . B. The teachers who get trained and certified are not incentivized to stay employed where they were trained. They use it as way to make more money . C. Outside firms who provide OG based services to school districts ( Wilson , Spire etc ) tend to a charge the schools a lot . Remember in NY it’s not the state taxes paying for it but local residents. D. Teacher bias that only “ ADHD , Poor , Minorities ,Non Native Speakers etc etc “ students can’t learn to read .
So while NYC is leading the way the rest of the state needs to follow suit. To be fair many other states are failing for similar reasons. Florida state has a free OG based reading program . IIRC it’s 2-Clause BSD licensed .