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CAT Tracks for August 6, 2011
READING...STATES TARGET EARLY YEARS |
See...
Cairo School District Number One is on the cutting edge...
...sort of.
I mean...
Cairo School District Number One is "targeting" the early years in the all-so-important area of reading...singling out the Cairo Elementary School Reading Program for elimination, for "cutting".
Note to the Cairo BOE and Cairo FOP Members:
As the article below indicates, the full article is available only to Education Week print subscribers. I'm certain that the District has such a subscription (unless it was canceled in favor of Golf Digest.)
So take advantage of your "access"...and read about what's going on in the rest of the education world, while you implement your scorched earth education policy in Cairo School District Number One.
You really, really, really need to know just how hurtful and out of step your actions are toward the education of children.
Hey...
Some "food for thought"...as you dine on the District's dollar!
Bears repeating:
Shame on you!
From the Education Week...
States Target Early Years to Reach 3rd Grade Reading Goals
By Catherine Gewertz
In a bid to help more students read proficiently in 3rd grade—a skill considered critical to their future educational success—new laws and initiatives springing up around the country require educators to step up their efforts to identify and help struggling readers even before they enter kindergarten.
It’s not unusual for states or school districts to consider 3rd grade reading proficiency a key goal; research suggests it’s a pivotal skill. Policies against social promotion have hinged on it, and the earliest testing requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act attach to 3rd grade.
But the recent buzz of activity around early reading is notable for the way it looks backward from 3rd grade, articulating plans and requirements designed to ensure that pupils and teachers in preschool through 2nd grade are doing what’s necessary to reach the desired reading...
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