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| Educational Quality | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
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| Sweet, Robert W., Jr. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedSweet, Robert W., Jr. – Policy Review, 1997
Explains why the Clinton administration's answer to illiteracy, embodied in the "America Reads Challenge," in the United States is not a solution and only diverts accountability from the failure of the public-education system. It argues that phonics is the best way to teach reading and provides the principles of reading instruction. (GR)
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Illiteracy
