Thank you for this post. I’m always nervous about how people approach education. There is a lot of charter BS in New Orleans where I live. The experiment here is done at the expense of poor Black and Brown students. I have a lot to add to this (LATER) if you are ever interested. This was one of my whole lives. Getting reading and spelling and writing instruction right, right from the start, has SO MANY societal benefits. The phrase “read or prison” is real. Check out the Reading League website/social media for more. Also Emily Hanford over on APM has several wonderful radio documentaries that really lay out the issue in a detailed but compelling overview. She and I are distant colleagues. I am also close with the Reading League. My son couldn’t read until I went through hell teaching him - by fault of schools and poor state level on down to city leadership - not to mention problems of curriculum choices by all...anyway.
Thank you for this post. I’m always nervous about how people approach education. There is a lot of charter BS in New Orleans where I live. The experiment here is done at the expense of poor Black and Brown students. I have a lot to add to this (LATER) if you are ever interested. This was one of my whole lives. Getting reading and spelling and writing instruction right, right from the start, has SO MANY societal benefits. The phrase “read or prison” is real. Check out the Reading League website/social media for more. Also Emily Hanford over on APM has several wonderful radio documentaries that really lay out the issue in a detailed but compelling overview. She and I are distant colleagues. I am also close with the Reading League. My son couldn’t read until I went through hell teaching him - by fault of schools and poor state level on down to city leadership - not to mention problems of curriculum choices by all...anyway.