The Decision to Change or Not to Change

A teacher in oakland, california named karem weaver helped struggling kids learn to read by using a very structured, phonyx base. Now it worked for the students very well, but not so much for the teachers. For seven years in a row, oakland was the fastest gaining urban district in california for reading. And yet the teachers said that they felt like curriculum robots. They ended up being being able to replace this curriculum in in 20 15 with a curriculum that emphasized rich literary experiences.