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Am also a NYC parent, 15 years of deep school involvement. The critiqued curriculum from Columbia TC was supplemental for us and excellent. With all respect to
by jonahbenton 3y ago
Am also a NYC parent, 15 years of deep school involvement. The critiqued curriculum from Columbia TC was supplemental for us and excellent. With all respect to those conducting reading studies of various kinds, and of course to parents whose kids were suffering, many of the broad claims in this piece are bewildering and are far from what I observed directly and indirectly. My views are perhaps colored by my low opinion of current leadership, which hung its hat on this curricular change but in general seems to be making one questionable decision after another, along with the mayor, who is corrupt and incompetent on a nearly criminal level. So it goes.
- icegreentea2 3y agoWhat do you mean by 'was supplemental for us'? I suspect the gulf between your experiences and what others have been writing about is that for others, the critiqued curriculum wasn't supplemental, but was the only source for learning to read in school.
- mannykannot 3y agoI can imagine teachers with sufficient prior experience, and the self-confidence that came with it, using these methods as supplementation, while those recently out of school and having no mentors would use them exclusively and by-the-book.