New York Is Forcing Schools to Change How They Teach Children to Read
“Hundreds of public schools have been teaching reading the wrong way for the last two decades, leaving an untold number of children struggling to acquire a crucial life skill, according to New York City’s schools chancellor. Now, David C. Banks, the chancellor, wants to ‘sound the alarm’ and is planning to force the nation’s largest school system to take a new approach. On Tuesday, Mr. Banks announced major changes to reading instruction in an aim to tackle a persistent problem: About half of city children in grades three through eight are not proficient in reading. Black, Latino and low-income children fare even worse.”