The Politics of Phonics: How a skill becomes a law
Gov. Bill Lee fields question from the media after meeting teachers and students at Hanley Elementary on Friday, April 23, 2021, in Orange Mound. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
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Tennessee governors have been remaking school reading policies for 40 years, and yet reading achievement scores have barely budged.
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David Waters
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
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