alt Hacker NewsAre Mississippi and Louisiana at the top of the pay scale?
Then why are their reading scores improving so dramatically compared to wealthier states? Especially for under-privileged populations?
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Der_Einzige • today at 5:13 AM
Because the internet addictions/phones everywhere mean the average dumbass kid is reading more actual text than any kid beforehand on average. This is why the missippi miracle is happening. Well, that, and reducing the amount of actual corporal punishment administrators can doll out (paddling students in public school is legal in the shithole Deep South )
HWR_14 • yesterday at 9:30 PM
I only saw modest improvement in reading scores.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Miracle
> This embrace of phonics education and the near-complete rejection of whole language theory was a key component of the program's success.