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Prof. Constance Weaver: “Overemphasizing phonics may be especially damaging for children who have had few experiences with books prior to school” - a caution that will ring true with good teachers (even if it eludes those holding forth far from classrooms).

"The problem with systematic & comprehensive teaching of any literacy skills is that the goal...become[s] the acquisition of the skills...instead of...fostering eager, independent, and critical students who read": https://radicalscholarship.com/2023/04/18/beyond-reading-skills-phonics-vocabulary-and-knowledge/