Reading Corps In The News
An early-literacy program that's been helping Minnesota's youngest students learn to read will be expanded to schools in the District of Columbia and Denver, thanks to a $500,000 corporate grant.
Already you can see the 4-year olds in Jody Bohrer's class who will struggle in school. Maybe even drop out later in life. It's her job to see that they don't.
Hilary Urban reports to work during the week at Roosevelt and Bridges elementary schools, and for 20 minute sessions, she works one-on-one with students, watching them improve their reading skills, bit by bit.
We often hear about the achievement gap. We know that it exists. But does it really affect us? Is there anything we can do to combat it? Well, for Minnesota students it's something that affects them even before they enter Kindergarten.
Learning to read is tough enough. But learning to read, write and speak English as a second language while living with a disability, poses unique challenges. With hard work and the support of parents and teachers, Monica Maldonado overcame these specific challenges as a child.
Al Tuntland didn't mince words about this thoughts on Minnesota's soon-to-be-replicated Reading Corps program.
Brooke Nast reads off a list of letters as reading tutor Sheila Kennedy looks on, recording how many letters the first grader at Liberty Ridge Elementary can identify correctly in a minute.
There is a third way to assure a strong future for Minnesota, other than to cut spending or raise taxes, and it is to grow ourselves to sustained prosperity.
Reading is fun and fundamental -- and today, there are hundreds of more helpers to teach kids to read.
"We're not just talking about it, we're doing it," said Kathy Saltzman, Executive Director of Minnesota Reading Corps, describing the success of the Minnesota Reading and Math Corps.
