Adolescent literacy bill merits watching…
This coming out of the Senate to replace Reading First and other reading programs. Two things to watch: the emphasis on improving reading among adolescents (far more boys than girls need that help) and any research on how to teach reading to very young children. The push on literacy has challenged boys who are less capable of absorbing those skills at very young ages — at least as currently taught.
Tags: adolescent literacy
November 9th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
Senator Murray, according to the article, says that this funding will probably get rolled into the overall ESEA legislation. This is probably unfortunate. First, I think it could help to emphasize literacy problems if there was a separate bill for the funding. And the other problem has to do with passage of the renewal of ESEA. Last year they were having trouble coming up with a bill that a majority could go for. If the bill stalls out again, then this literacy funding could get caught in the delay.
November 10th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
i agree with poster above. ridiculous..