Advocates Work to Upend the Approach to Literacy Instruction by Re-introducing More Phonics
SPRINGFIELD, VA – NOVEMBER 3:
First grade teacher Emily VanDerhoff, who is a member of Fairfax County NAACPs education committee, has her students count the number of sounds in words during phonics-based reading lessons at Hunt Valley Elementary School on November 3, 2022, in Springfield, VA. Fairfax County NAACPs education committee has pushed Fairfax County Public Schools to re-introducing phonics-based reading instructions and interventions.
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