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		<title>How Language Arts Teachers Will Save Democracy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2016 14:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democracy literally means rule by the people. Yet in practice, democracy means that the important decisions within a society are made through public discussions, often among elected representatives. To play a productive role in political discussions, you need a set of skills that do not come naturally, which is why they have traditionally been taught &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2016/11/20/how-language-arts-teachers-will-save-democracy/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "How Language Arts Teachers Will Save Democracy"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Did the Educators in the U.S. Abandon Phonics?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 1955, Rudolf Flesch published a book titled Why Johnny Can’t Read, and What You Can Do About It. Flesch explained that the only sensible way to teach anyone to read English, or any alphabetic language, is to teach them the relationships between letters and sounds, then teach them how to combine those sounds into &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/04/11/why-did-the-educators-in-the-u-s-abandon-phonics/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Why Did the Educators in the U.S. Abandon Phonics?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Should Children Learn to Read What the Writer Actually Wrote?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a writer, I choose my words carefully. As an editor, I have helped many other writers choose their words carefully. So do I want readers to be able to read the exact words that were actually written? Of course I do! That seems like a stupid question. However, some prominent professors of education have &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/16/should-children-learn-to-read-what-the-writer-actually-wrote/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Should Children Learn to Read What the Writer Actually Wrote?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is Your Child Really Reading, or Just Guessing?</title>
		<link>http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/15/is-your-child-really-reading-or-just-guessing/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can your child really read? Or is your child simply guessing what words are on the page? There’s an easy way to find out. Just print out this Reading Competency Test from the National Right to Read Foundation: http://www.nrrf.org/readtest.html Part I of the test consists of eight groups of simple sentences. The sentences in the &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/15/is-your-child-really-reading-or-just-guessing/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Is Your Child Really Reading, or Just Guessing?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Does Your Child Need Drugs or Phonics?</title>
		<link>http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/09/does-your-child-need-drugs-or-phonics/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the 1920s, a medical doctor named Samuel T. Orton was studying a new and disturbing epidemic that was being called congenital word blindness. Large numbers of children with normal vision, hearing, and intelligence were mysteriously failing to learn to read. Many of these children then went on to develop emotional and behavior problems. All &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/09/does-your-child-need-drugs-or-phonics/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Does Your Child Need Drugs or Phonics?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>When and How Should Children Learn to Read?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Endicott Thomas]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts during the Colonial period and the early days of the Republic was probably the most literate society that the world had ever seen. According to the census of 1840, only 1.1% of adults in Massachusetts were illiterate. Literacy among native-born English speakers in Massachusetts was probably far higher in 1840 than it is today. &#8230; <a href="http://nottrivialbook.com/2012/03/09/when-and-how-should-children-learn-to-read/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "When and How Should Children Learn to Read?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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