They Aren't Hooked on Phonics

CBS Baltimore reports that the public schools in that declining city want to try something new:

Remember when a noun was defined as a person, place or thing?

In a teen magazine that is becoming part of the Baltimore middle school reading curriculum, the noun is being redefined as ``stuff.''

That makes a verb ``what stuff does.''

It's part of a new approach in the Baltimore school system to teaching reading and writing in middle schools. Some say the new method doesn't have much of a track record.

The change is being made after a dismal performance on state standardized tests this spring.

Great moments in public education.