We shouldn’t take dangerous shortcuts to educate Oklahoma’s most vulnerable students

We shouldn’t take dangerous shortcuts to educate Oklahoma’s most vulnerable students

Oklahoma senators pray before beginning a special session on June 12 at the state Capitol. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)At a time when my classmates were learning the building blocks of reading, my first grade teacher was informing my mother that I’d be illiterate. Let’s just say that learning my teacher had washed her hands of me solely because I wasn’t hooked on phonics went over like a lead balloon with my mother, a former cla…

Stecklein: We shouldn’t take dangerous shortcuts to educate most vulnerable students

At a time when my classmates were learning the building blocks of reading, my first grade teacher was informing my mother that I’d be illiterate. The post Stecklein: We shouldn’t take dangerous shortcuts to educate most vulnerable students first appeared on The Journal Record.

We shouldn’t take dangerous shortcuts to educate Oklahoma’s most vulnerable students - Sequoyah County Times

At a time when my classmates were learning the building blocks of reading, my first grade teacher was informing my mother that I’d be illiterate. Let’s just say that learning my teacher had washed her hands of me solely because I wasn’t hooked on phonics went over like a lead balloon with my mother, a former classroom teacher whose education degree featured a speciality in reading. Every day after school...

House advances legislation to study early literacy

The House of Representatives advanced legislation Friday that will create a study of early literacy rates in Montana’s children. Continue reading…