#literacy-curriculum

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Chalkbeat
1 month ago
Education

NYC's literacy overhaul has earned wide support. Now parents (and kids) are pushing back.

Students critical of new literacy curriculum, feel bored and frustrated with short passages.
Resistance growing against city's mandate for new reading programs, may disrupt unique teaching approaches. [ more ]
New York Post
6 months ago
Education

Rewarding merit, hard work are keys to school success - as NYC District 2 proved

New York City public schools sent educators to Baltimore to learn how to implement a new literacy curriculum.
Baltimore has a low literacy rate, with only 19% of students proficient in reading.
The article suggests that New York City educators may have been better off learning from the successful District 2 schools in Manhattan. [ more ]
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