Overemphasizing Reading as a Skill

Dr. Gary Houchens: “I believe an over-emphasis on reading as a skill has caused schools to neglect social studies, science, and arts in early grades.”
Addressing education issues related to: parental rights, local control of schools, and classical liberal arts education.
Dr. Gary Houchens: “I believe an over-emphasis on reading as a skill has caused schools to neglect social studies, science, and arts in early grades.”
Zeāev Wurman pointed out to me (and others) an interesting article written by David Steiner, former New York State Commissioner of Education
By Dr. Daniel B. Coupland On May 29th, 2009, Arne Duncan, the new Secretary of Education for the Obama Administration, gave a