I must admit that I din`t yet watch the video ,however,phonics teaching is still considered pure heresy in many school boards;they do not want children segmenting sounds and learning them,they feel it is an obstacle to learning to read and spell.

This is where we see the complete black and white involved in whole language vs phonics,therefore as many Reading research scientists have TRIED to tell the world,the use of the word “Balanced Literacy”,as Moats puts it in"Whole Language High Jinx” describes how masked in PR the term is as it`s akin to saying I am a supporter of the environment but I will still dump my old paint cans in the river.

This brainwash occurs during teacher licensing preparation at University.

I think it occurs because-these are musings of course-Professor has not been in front of children for years,doesn`t know how-Professor does not stay current about the overwhelming amount of reading research,lazy-something more corrupt?

The Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Pathways Canada says it is so bad because it is like doing a conversion,the individual takes years to decide on which faith they will align to.

The belief system that humans learn to read naturally and do best without any “Direct Instruction"floods the education market!

The emperor has no clothes.

When

This case is burning up the homeschool message boards.
Quebec has always been know to be a difficult province in which to homeschool. Hopefully they will win their case and such interference will not be tolerated. It seems that the education bureaucracy cannot find fault with homeschoolers on the actual education of the child so they bring up the socialisation issue. When registering my daughter for grade 9 after 7 years of homeschooling, socialisation seemed to be their only concern, they had no interest in the portofolio of schoolwork I had brought to show that whe was at (or really above) grade level.