Ryan Walters: “We know how to teach reading. We've known how to teach…”

“They could care less. They could care less what helps a kid academically. They could care less what creates a better citizen. What they want are their activists. And to your point, We know how to teach reading. We've known how to teach reading a long time. Your grandparents knew how to teach reading. We understood so clearly that we literally used to have those little cassette tapes hooked on phonics that Said, hey, look phonetically you understand these key syllable, you understand how they connect together.” (32:33–32:38)

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