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For the past few weeks, Eduflack has been heartened to hear that the Obama Administration and EdSec Duncan are behind a continued federal commitment to reading instruction. Yes, we all know that there were severe implementation problems with Reading First, and that such problems have led many a RF critic to demand the defunding of the program and the dismantling of our promise to do what works when it comes to reading, empowering every child with the gift of literacy.
Dear President-Elect Obama,
Congratulations on your impressive victory last evening. For the past two years, you have spoken to the nation about the need for hope, the need to dream, and the need to do things differently. Your message of change is not only one that should take hold of government itself, but it is also one that should serve as the cornerstone of your education policy. You now have a mandate for real change, with the Congress and the national will to support it.
America's teachers colleges are failing at effectively training a complete cadre of successful educators. That is news coming from a new study from the Education Schools Project, a effort headed by Art Levine. You can see a good write-up of the study in Education Week this week —
