The prevailing thought among early childhood educators is that reading aloud to children is considered the best way to help a child to learn to read. The International Literacy Foundation wrote in 2019: “Read aloud to students regularly, even in secondary classrooms…Invite other adults to be read-aloud guests in your classrooms.” The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF®), … Continue reading To Read to or Be Read to?
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Florida Charter School Rejects Common Core and Scored Number One in English Language Arts (ELA) in Collier County.
Phonics OUT OF 52 SCHOOLS IN COLLIER COUNTY, FL MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY (MCA), A CHARTER SCHOOL, SCORED NUMBER ONE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS, WITH 90 PERCENT OF ITS THIRD GRADERS READING PROFICIENTLY, WHILE ONLY 58 PERCENT OF THE OTHER THIRD GRADERS IN THE COUNTY WERE PROFICIENT. Not only were 90 percent of its third graders … Continue reading Florida Charter School Rejects Common Core and Scored Number One in English Language Arts (ELA) in Collier County.
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