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Pam
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Re: As goes reading education, so goes math education
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Jun 5, 2010 9:26 AM
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> Read about Marva Collins, Geoffrey Canada, Kipp
> Schools, to know that this can be done classroom and
> school-wide. They are not, and do not hire, O-G
> practitioners, as far as I know, but we have an
> attitude in common - failure is not an option and
> whatever it takes. Marva Collins had her students,
> inner-city students labeled as LD, many of them,
> reading and discussing Plato and Shakespeare in 4th
> grade.
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I meant to add Landmark School to that list, and they do train their teachers using the O-G approach.
http://www.landmarkschool.org
Landmark School?s mission is to enable and empower students with language-based learning disabilities to realize their educational and social potential through an exemplary school program complemented by outreach and training, diagnosis, and research.
FAST FACT
100% of Landmark's High School seniors pass the MCAS test by the time of their graduation.
FAST FACT
99% of Landmark seniors pursue higher education after graduation including four and two-year college, culinary schools, post graduate programs, community college, and vocational and technical schools.
92% of Landmark graduates attend college.
Pam
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