kitchen table math, the sequel: Reading Last

Monday, June 11, 2007

This is depressing.

[pause]

Well, at least the program the Dems want to switch the money to is moderately effective, as opposed to "Ineffective."

Surprising, isn't it, that a program that "integrates early childhood education, adult literacy, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program" would be ineffective.

And here I would have said the ONE SINGLE THING POOR PEOPLE NEED MOST is family literacy.

I wonder if David Brooks knows about this?

Reading First has worked
Reading Last
Head Start, Piaget & me

Anonymous said...: "Surprising, isn't it, that a program that "integrates early childhood education, adult literacy, and parenting education into a unified family literacy program" would be ineffective."

It never says that the aims of the program are wrong-headed or misguided, only that the program as it was instituted was deemed "ineffective."

That's a big difference.; June 12, 2007 at 11:49 AM
KathyIggy said...: When my oldest was in special ed preschool, the school received monies from this program as the majority of the families were considered low-income. They offered reading and GED classes for parents, job search assistance, parenting programs, and family programs (field trips, etc) along with preschool. The preschool services were very good. But hardly anyone took advantage of the other stuff. We ended up with a ton of free kids' books and went on lots of field trips even though our income was too high, just because they wanted someone to participate. So many of these kids went on no field trips and had no books in their homes.; June 12, 2007 at 2:07 PM

kitchen table math, the sequel