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Education miracles are always political lies
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The fundamental failure of Sold a Story and SaS 2 is Hanford has misrepresented and *oversold* "settled science" about phonics, Direct Instruction, and MS.
This part of her MS miracle article is the core of that failure
Declaring success without evidence
Systematic phonics does NOT improve comprehension, only decoding (nonsense words)
Knowledge isn't effective for comprehension either
Two research articles by Hansford et al (cited by SOR folk)
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Happy to get a positive review from the NY Times:
American Socialist "capture[s] Debs’s remarkable appeal while also resisting the temptations of beatification."
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Hegseth Needs More T—Poll Shows He’s No Male Role Model thebulwark.com/p/new-poll-bu…
College Readiness Panic for a New Decade curmudgucation.substack.com/…
1959: "yet students enter college badly lacking in these fundamental skills" paulthomas701128.substack.co…
Misunderstanding John Dewey: On the Failure of Either/Or Thinking paulthomas701128.substack.co…
Recommended: Emily St. John Mandel and “those incredible things we had” paulthomas701128.substack.co…
Scripted Curriculum (Direct Instruction): Research Contradicts the Story Being Sold paulthomas701128.substack.co…
On the Fidelity Problem—And Why Education Wars Are Not Debates paulthomas701128.substack.co…
NEPC Talks Education: An Interview With the Mother of a Transgender Child and Professor Scott Skinner-Thompson About the Human Impact of Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives
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America’s Worst States for Education (2026 Edition) schoolfinance101.com/2026/10…
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America’s Worst States for Education (2026 Edition) schoolfinance101.com/2026/10…
Trans Student Athlete Rules On The Ballot curmudgucation.substack.com/…






