WOW 🚨 Middle school teacher in California says they were instructed to no longer teach students how to sound out words
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) September 5, 2026
Students are now being taught lists of words to memorize instead of sounding out new words. “Sounding it out” is now treated as bad practice
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