Reading

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Will they ever learn to read?

Reading for pleasure and knowledge has always been a meaningful part of my life. So when my three children started SVS at young ages I…
Essay w/Audio

“Kids Don’t Learn Anything at SVS”

The over-riding fear that parents express when they approach this model of education is that kids aren’t learning anything. Of course, when confronted, they will…
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Being Average is Not Normal

Cori, my oldest daughter and Kali, one of her close friends at SVS, are having a good-humored debate about which one of them reads…
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Whole Language, Phonics And Two Boys Learning To Read

This article is reprinted from The Field, the newsletter of Fairfield School. There is a debate among educators regarding the best way to teach reading…

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