‘a cityreader’ Turns One
Our desire to get the schools here to teach kids to read well is stronger than when we started
This ‘acityReader’ you’re looking at is #12. That makes it a year since we started. Each issue and the accompanying blog (acityreader.blogspot.com)have been solely devoted to discussing the city’s school kids and reading. It’s the newsletter’s belief that there is no excuse for the school system here to oversee its children for 12 years, and at the end of those 12 years, not to have all the graduates reading at a high level. Many kids, unable to read, just drop out before the 12 years are finished. It’s a sorry situation, that, like pigeons, and gum on the sidewalk, is accepted as a normal urban tradition. ‘acityReader’ can’t accept that. We’ll keep highlighting the failure.
Our desire to get the schools here to teach kids to read well is stronger than when we started
This ‘acityReader’ you’re looking at is #12. That makes it a year since we started. Each issue and the accompanying blog (acityreader.blogspot.com)have been solely devoted to discussing the city’s school kids and reading. It’s the newsletter’s belief that there is no excuse for the school system here to oversee its children for 12 years, and at the end of those 12 years, not to have all the graduates reading at a high level. Many kids, unable to read, just drop out before the 12 years are finished. It’s a sorry situation, that, like pigeons, and gum on the sidewalk, is accepted as a normal urban tradition. ‘acityReader’ can’t accept that. We’ll keep highlighting the failure.
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