Things have become so bad that partisans on both sides of the aisle are fighting a battle over reading pedagogy. Within the walls of higher academia, self proclaimed experts have dictated theoretical programs to teach children reading that does not work. As the arguments rage on however, our children continue to advance through school without a productive and systematic methodology for learning how to read. If students do not have the ability to read and comprehend new material and if reading becomes a painful struggle, we will raise a generation that will not have the capacity to carry out the fundamental ideals and values of American society. If left unchecked, our children will be held hostage by the liberal anointed elite, victimized into a life of reliance on others instead of realizing the American dream.
Conservatives have absolutely no agenda when it comes to teaching children how to read.
In fact, if standing on your head was the best and most effective way to learn how to read then those on the political right would embrace the notion. Until a more effective and proven way to teach reading is uncovered, systematic phonics must be taught in our schools.