Showing posts with label HQIM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HQIM. Show all posts

Sunday, November 9, 2025

Evening News: Karen Vaites and the Curriculum Conundrum

 


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Phonics Resistance or Shutdown Sparks Ignored? Different Perspectives: 

Tweets That Prod the System

 

Good evening, readers. In the ever-escalating reading wars, few voices slice through the noise like Karen Vaites (@karenvaites)—a tireless advocate for evidence-based literacy, math curricula, and systemic reform. As founder of the Curriculum Insight Project and a prolific K–12 commentator with over 50,000 followers, she’s on a mission to dismantle “broken” programs: balanced literacy relics, discovery-based math flops, and anything that fails her HQIM mantra. Her rallying cry? High-quality instructional materials aren’t optional—they’re the fix for kids who “can’t read, guess, or hate to read.”