Why don't American high schools teach phonics?

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Because if you have not learned to read by high school, you probably cannot learn to read using phonics.
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Because if you have not learned to read by high school, you probably cannot learn to read using phonics.
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Well as we know that we start teaching phonics in early year to build foundation, if high school kids who have not learn initially may face complications to unlearn and then learn the other way, hence to avoid consuming time it's not thought , though not impossible at this stage hence avoided in American...
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Well as we know that we start teaching phonics in early year to build foundation, if high school kids who have not learn initially may face complications to unlearn and then learn the other way, hence to avoid consuming time it's not thought , though not impossible at this stage hence avoided in American high school. read less
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