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Michael Zwaagstra: Schools Are Teaching Reading Wrong and Our Kids Are Falling Behind

Without background knowledge of history, science, and civics, students can’t make sense of what they read.
Michael Zwaagstra: Schools Are Teaching Reading Wrong and Our Kids Are Falling Behind
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If students don’t learn how to read, not much else that happens at school is going to matter.

Michael Zwaagstra
Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute. He is the author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”