Reading research studies is not the most exciting pastime, I can assure you, but it is my professional responsibility to scrutinize new findings, and, if convincing, to include them in my own teaching. Those who attempt to teach others ought to spend considerable time studying themselves. This is not a search for the cure-all of the best method with the implied promise that in the future there will be no learning problems. Continued study provides the teacher with an increasing understanding of the complexity of the learning processes, as well as with additional tools with which to help individual students. Second, if you have seen the newspaper articles on this subject, you will, no doubt, have been struck by the strong political overtones of the debate around reading methods.
Stakeholders become fiercely vocal and, if possible, force action.
The answer, at this point, is no. Our Christian schools also know about political pressure. I do not mean this derogatorily, but I simply want to note that school decisions always involve people with different interests and views. Therefore, such decisions require much discussion, negotiation, and, if possible, consensus. If there is no clear consensus, than someone must decide, always with the risk of criticism.