WHY JOHNNY SHOULD READ - Florence H French - September 1976

Florence H French

In our increasingly complex world, the mastery of reading has never been more important. Yet reading scores continue to drop. Here's what you, as parents, need to know about reading and basic education - and what you can do in your role as "teacher" in the home. Johnny can't read! Who's to blame? The controversy rages unabated. The colleges and universities say that high schools are at fault because they are graduating too many students who have to take remedial English before they can begin college-level work. The high schools tell us that if a student had a poor foundation in the basics, it's too late to repeat what he should have learned in elementary school. The elementary schools blame phonics, or the absence of phonics, or too much TV watching at home, or children's lax reading habits. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library