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The science of reading isn't dogma; like all evidence-based pedagogy, teaching reading is contextual and evolving.

The NRP is a politically flawed report, not a foundational research base for reading policy.

Students with dyslexia *must* be well served in schools 1/x
Just as *all* students must be well served in schools.

But the needs of dyslexic students (or any identified group) must not determine policy or practices for *all* students.

Systematic intensive phonics for *all* students is just as misguided as calling for no phonics. 2/x
Practitioners and researchers should be more careful about terminology when interacting with the public and media; misrepresenting, for example, balanced literacy to promote intensive phonics serves no one well.

Reading programs are typically a waste of money and time. 3/x
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