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ATLANTA — In the constantly shifting world of academia, there’s a long-running debate over the best way to teach children to read.

During the last legislative session, state lawmakers passed a measure that will require all school systems to adopt teaching materials that emphasize phonics, but critics worry that politicians are making laws about topics they know little about.

Georgia is prioritizing literacy in early elementary school, passing two laws for adopting teaching materials and methods aligned with the "science of

Opinion: Why SC is wrong to jump on the bandwagon of science of reading movement Greenville News © Submitted photo Paul Thomas EdD, is an education professor at Furman University. South Carolina is poised with Bill 3613 to continue the historical failures of addressing reading in South Carolina through micromanaging legislation that has not resulted in improving home, community, individual equity or learning outcomes for students living in poverty, Black students, Emerg...

Is there really a ‘science of reading’ that tells us exactly how to teach kids to read? Valerie Strauss © iStock /iStock (iStock) One of the longest-running education debates — commonly referred to as a war — has been over how to teach reading. It started in the 1800s, when Horace Mann, often called “the father of public education” in the United States, argued against teaching the explicit sounds of each letter. He worried that students would concentrate on soun...