Reading instruction must follow science over subjectiveness

There is a vocal minority of English learner advocates in California who have chosen to argue — without credible evidence — that structured literacy is ineffective for multilingual learners. They sometimes cite “philosophical differences” as their reasoning behind this claim. I have been an educator for 37 years, and I choose to use data-informed decision-making for my students’ instruction rather than subjective beliefs.
Every child I have taught to learn to read &