Another two cents (we should save up for a gumball...)
Translating the article away from its own overdramtization to two key points:
1. Training in reading at an early age has indifferent long term returns and can actually have negative effects in attitude.
2. Children should work with reading material that matches their optimal challenge level.
She is a reading spcialist; I'm going to hypothesize that she sees kids who struggle early and kids who stumble later. Total sampling bias.
It's also the regular rotten tomato back-splash from the hyper-achievers who actually show up as statistically signficant, particularly anecdotally.
