The Globe and Mail had an opinion by Gary Mason that Premier Kenny, Aberta, did the right thing about their move to bring more accountability in post-secondary education (On post-secondary education funding, Jason Kenney gets it right, Jan 23, 2020) I wrote the following:
Anything a government can do to bring more accountability to our education systems — at any level — is welcome — news. Gary Mason says that “the Kenny government has made a move that was long overdue.”
Here is the Texas government installing new reading requirements. All public schools (including charters) are to implement systematic, direct instruction of phonics in K – 3 [i.e., phonemic awareness/decoding skills/phonics]. Why? Because this is a proven approach, whereas other reading approaches produce LOW literacy rates.
Furthermore, teacher-prep colleges/universities would lose their accreditation ability if their graduates do not demonstrate acceptable performance in the teaching of reading. https://www.educationviews.org/texas-at-forefront-of-teaching-phonics/?fbclid=IwAR00kh-Qsx-hUw8TWoCa5Roi0QWn8nFflH2VUjPzZ_yEKU10Id_UEmXQN7Y