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In its 2016 state-by-state, college-by-college Teacher Prep Review, the National Council on Teacher Quality branded the reading preparation program at Rhode Island College (RIC) with an “F.” Then, in 2023, the Review gave it an “A+.” A meteoric change. The council has been assessing teacher-preparation programs nationally since 2000. Its evaluations are controversial and often […]
I had exciting news for my students. I had found someone who could teach them to read. This was late in the aughts, when I had just begun working with adults who couldn’t read. I had no materials, no guidance, no mentors — just a slowly growing group of students who kept finding my GED-prep […]
PIERRE — The state House Education Committee unanimously voted Wednesday at the Capitol to support Gov. Kristi Noem’s $6 million effort to train teachers in phonics literacy. The bill now goes to the Joint Appropriations Committee. The effort, spearheaded by the state Department of Education, provides extensive professional development to teachers in what the bill […]
When it comes to teaching language arts, we need dialogue and collaboration, not a superior attitude.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that she will push for schools in the state to reemphasize phonics in literacy education programs,