![]() ![]() Last summer, our elementary staff was taught the science of teaching reading. ![]() We had new teachers in the class, as well as teachers that had been in the profession for over 30 years, but all walked away admitting it was an eye-opening training. We were not trained in the science of teaching reading when we were going through our educational training in college, nor were we required to pass any tests proving that we were prepared to teach students to read. Most of us just teach what our curriculum says to teach with the best of intentions.ĭuring the training, most (if not all) had moments of “I wish I would have known about this years ago,” though we’d done the best that we knew how to do at the time. As a teacher, it is hard to think about the students you may have let down that you could have helped, had you only known. ![]() We are asking that the Senate bill be passed so that future teachers cannot graduate from college without knowing (and proving that they know) the science of teaching reading. ![]() Every student deserves to learn to read, and it is up to you, our lawmakers, to see to it that the children of our state reach their full potential. ![]()
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