Linda Schrock Taylor use to homeschool and is a strong proponent for homeschooling. (She stopped homeschooling because her son turned 20 and he "insisted upon growing up, putting an end to all the fun.") She starts off her column on Towards Better Reading with:
"I was once told, 'You chase yourself in circles, searching for answers that are not to be found within, for if they were, you would have found them by now. Look elsewhere!'
"I often think of that advice in relation to the ever-worsening problems of public schooling. If the answers were there…there in any one of the 51 Departments of Education, or in any one of the thousands of schools being directed, manipulated, and warped by federal directives – the educational gurus would have found them long ago. Instead, educators rush about, grabbing for brass rings; fishing for fads; pushing for progress…all the while refusing to honestly seek answers…elsewhere."
She then writes:
"I advise parents to remove their children from school systems that seek to remake society by pressuring the younger generations to accept values that conflict with and contradict home and church; schools that fail so miserably at teaching basic literacy, general knowledge, and mathematical skills."
Linda is a reading specialist. She lists four ways to help children learn to read. Read the column to learn her four suggestions, and why they work.
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