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Literacy expert Regie Routman recalls being required to teach reading via phonics drills & worksheets - "and lots of kids were failing to learn to read successfully." But "there was nothing wrong with their ability to learn; the problem was how we were teaching them."
The beauty of the "Science of Reading" movement is that its faith in explicit phonics instruction is impervious to contrary evidence. When it fails, that just proves those kids have a learning disability and need more phonics.