The PBS NewsHour/Education Week Report About Dyslexia: Biased & Short on Facts
Schools must provide adequate reading programs and reading remediation for students who need more assistance. But the recent report on dyslexia recommending intensive phonics for all children by the PBS News Hour, through Education Week, is irresponsible, short on facts, and presents biased reporting.
Education Week receives grants from philanthropic groups that favor school privatization. Here are the funders:
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- The Carnegie Corporation of New York
- The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
- The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
- The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
- The Joyce Foundation
- The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- The NoVo Foundation
- The Noyce Foundation
- The Raikes Foundation
- The Schott Foundation
- The Wallace Foundation
- The Walton Family
- The Chan Zuckerberg
This report took place in Arkansas, heavily influenced by the Waltons, who seek to privatize public education. Arkansas funds Teach for America. The state is anti-teachers and does not support teachers unions.
In the report, parents claim: We absolutely know that this is the best way to teach children to read! This approach works well for all students not just those with CONTINUE READNG: The PBS NewsHour/Education Week Report About Dyslexia: Biased & Short on Facts
