Replace the Lucy Calkins ELA Curriculum
Replace the Lucy Calkins ELA Curriculum
The Issue
My daughter, along with many other students in our community, particularly those with dyslexia, has been negatively impacted by the current Lucy Calkins English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum. We have observed significant shortcomings in its ability to effectively teach foundational reading skills, phonics, and phonemic awareness. The importance of a structured and research-based approach to reading instruction is underscored by numerous studies.
The Science of Reading is an evidence-based approach that has been proven effective for all learners but especially beneficial for students like my daughter who struggle under traditional teaching methods. Structured literacy emphasizes explicit instruction on how language works and includes training on phonemic awareness, phonics (the relationship between letters and sounds), fluency, vocabulary development, comprehension strategies among others.
Columbia University has recently dissolved its partnership with Lucy Calkins.
Please read about some of the shortcomings:
The Shortcomings of Lucy Calkins’s Units of Study - Core Knowledge Foundation
Problems With Lucy Calkins’ Curriculum Go Beyond Reading—To Writing (forbes.com)
Columbia quietly closes down Teachers College project that ruined countless lives (nypost.com)
Listen to the Sold a Story podcast, it will bring you to tears:
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong | Podcast (apmreports.org)
As concerned parents and community members of Troy School District in Michigan, we hereby petition our school board to reconsider their choice of curriculum. We urge them to replace the Lucy Calkins ELA curriculum with a curriculum which will better serve our students' needs and improve educational outcomes for all learners. We need a curriculum that is grounded in the principles of the Science of Reading. Structured literacy works!
The Science of Reading: The Basics
Please sign this petition if you believe every child deserves an education that caters to their individual learning needs while setting them up for success now and into the future.
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The Issue
My daughter, along with many other students in our community, particularly those with dyslexia, has been negatively impacted by the current Lucy Calkins English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum. We have observed significant shortcomings in its ability to effectively teach foundational reading skills, phonics, and phonemic awareness. The importance of a structured and research-based approach to reading instruction is underscored by numerous studies.
The Science of Reading is an evidence-based approach that has been proven effective for all learners but especially beneficial for students like my daughter who struggle under traditional teaching methods. Structured literacy emphasizes explicit instruction on how language works and includes training on phonemic awareness, phonics (the relationship between letters and sounds), fluency, vocabulary development, comprehension strategies among others.
Columbia University has recently dissolved its partnership with Lucy Calkins.
Please read about some of the shortcomings:
The Shortcomings of Lucy Calkins’s Units of Study - Core Knowledge Foundation
Problems With Lucy Calkins’ Curriculum Go Beyond Reading—To Writing (forbes.com)
Columbia quietly closes down Teachers College project that ruined countless lives (nypost.com)
Listen to the Sold a Story podcast, it will bring you to tears:
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong | Podcast (apmreports.org)
As concerned parents and community members of Troy School District in Michigan, we hereby petition our school board to reconsider their choice of curriculum. We urge them to replace the Lucy Calkins ELA curriculum with a curriculum which will better serve our students' needs and improve educational outcomes for all learners. We need a curriculum that is grounded in the principles of the Science of Reading. Structured literacy works!
The Science of Reading: The Basics
Please sign this petition if you believe every child deserves an education that caters to their individual learning needs while setting them up for success now and into the future.
158
The Decision Makers
Supporter Voices
Petition created on October 7, 2023