MassPotential: The ‘Right to Read’ bill must include teacher preparation
The state Legislature appears poised to pass the “Right to Read Act” — legislation that would require school districts to adopt evidence-based literacy curricula. With more than half of students across the state reading below grade level, the legislation serves as a significant step toward addressing Massachusetts’s literacy crisis.
As a special education teacher at the Oliver Hazard Perry School in South Boston, I see every day how crucial evidence-based reading is for students’ success, and how preparing teachers for effective reading instruction is essential.
For more than 10 years, I struggled to teach my students how to read. While my students were able to have high-level discussions about the books I read aloud to them, they were not developing the skills to read texts independently. That changed once I sought an evidence-based literacy curriculum and the training I needed to implement it effectively.
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