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Many college education programs do not teach courses in phonics, chief academic officer says.

One word—phonics—kept coming up as a solution when educators in Georgia’s Lumpkin County Schools looked into why students were reading at expected levels.

But administrators also realized that many college education programs do not teach courses in phonics, says Jennifer Moss, Lumpkin County Schools’ chief academic officer.

Two years ago, the district purchased an adaptive phonics platform that has also provided professional development for elementary school teachers. The ensuing focus on phonics has been highly successful, Moss says.

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