tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709924828396809379.post4888641260147735333..comments2023-11-02T07:29:59.957-06:00Comments on NCTE Conference on English Education: The "Reading First" Story ContinuesNCTEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12254024796847309329noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709924828396809379.post-1694005870873599332007-02-27T14:13:00.000-06:002007-02-27T14:13:00.000-06:00I agree. To me, this(the whole Reading First fias...I agree. To me, this(the whole Reading First fiasco) is a classic example of how top-down models of school reform are destined to fail. It seems as though the Dept. of Ed. started out with the assumption that teachers were the enemy but if you had a big enough stick you could beat them into submission. That might "work" for a year or two, but it has virtually no chance of causing lasting change.DZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14757939144852796927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4709924828396809379.post-60992590292745312662007-02-27T07:31:00.000-06:002007-02-27T07:31:00.000-06:00I think this is the tip of the iceberg. This top ...I think this is the tip of the iceberg. This top down model is prevalent in a number of states I know of and probably many I don't know of. However, on the state level, no one is going aqfter either the people or the approaches. Georgia is severely limited in the programs Reading First allows and all of them are horrible.Michael Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15260512268520853210noreply@blogger.com