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Our Position on the Reading Initiative

Our Position on the Reading Initiative. Success in school starts with reading Every child can learn The bar and standards must be raised “It’s what I call challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations”

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Our Position on the Reading Initiative

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  1. Our Position on the Reading Initiative • Success in school starts with reading • Every child can learn • The bar and standards must be raised “It’s what I call challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations” George Bush 2004

  2. Reading First Early reading instruction is the cornerstone Target K-3 ensuring all children become readers by grade 3 Measure to determine where they are in reading Assess reading of all students grades 3-8 “We test for a reason, because we want to know” George Bush 2004

  3. What is Reading First? • Educators systematically teach phonics and provide practice in letter-sound relationships • The sounds of language • Letters of the alphabet • Learning and using new words • Writing letters and sounds “Our Texas initiative makes even more sense today.” G. Bush

  4. The National Reading Panel – Composed of renowned experts Investigated scientifically based instruction for early grades Used best scientific research to guide the teaching of reading Strove to bring their knowledge base to this initiative “We need to be mindful of the gravity of the national problem that reading first seeks to solve and how we propose to solve it.” G Bush

  5. Reading First Speaks for Itself Program is successful Built on scientifically based research 54 SEA’s are receiving reading first funding, as well as, DC, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Bureau of Indian Affairs “If you’ve got something that works, then it makes sense to spread the News. That’s what we’re talking about, how do we make sure research that’s done in Washington is shared around the country?”G Bush

  6. This administration’s Reading Initiative has: Spread awareness of what should be happening in classrooms and in the teacher-training institutions Shown that a comprehensive solution to the nation’s reading crisis is right in front of our noses. “If, in another decade, an unacceptable proportion of America’s children still can’t read by grade 4, don’t blame George Bush. Blame the leaders in our states and cities who, offered the solution, didn’t grab it.” http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_reading_first.html

  7. PRESENTED BY Anna Safi Tiffany Seal EDUC 871 Education Policy February 20, 2008 George Mason University

  8. REFERENCES Amis, K. (2001). Bush Says Reading Is Job 1. Thomas Fordham Institute. School Reform News, July 2001. Accessed online at: http://www.fordhaminstitute.org/institute/publication/publication.cfm?id=108&doc=pdf Stern, S. (2007). This Bush Education Reform Really Works: Reading First, though much maligned, succeeds in teaching kids to read. City Journal, Winter 2007. Accessed online at: http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_reading_first.html Fletcher, M. A. and VandeHei, J. (2005). Transcript of Bush Interview. Washington Post Sunday, January 16, 2005. Accessed online at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A12570-2005Jan15?language=printernterview with

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