Spelling maid eezee

Today, I heard from a fellow educator that there is a push to have spelling made easy. For example, instead of spelling "people" that way, it would be spelled "peepel". What is this world coming to? I mean, I know "people" doesn't really make phonetic sense, but come on people don't be lazy. Spelling is good for the brain, let it be challenged a bit. It is healthy.