Erin Bauer, English and literacy educator, advisor, and senior advisor for graduation at the High School for Global Citizenship in Brooklyn and Dolores Perin, associate professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University's Teachers College, talk about the issues raised in a recent Radio Rookies piece.
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I do outreach for The New York Branch of International Dyslexia Association, including free workshops for parents in the New York area. I can be reached at 212-691-1930, ext 15 and would love to speak on your show (for your show only my cell- 917-627-8457)- I have tried to call in on this before and am calling now but not getting through. There is a huge lack of info about dyslexia among all people - both parents and teachers. If a child is evaluated, the DOE does not diagnosis dyslexia, but learning disability, so parents have even less awareness of what they are dealing with. But 20% of the population is dyslexic; 85% of people with a learning disability have dyslexia. It is a real and huge issue that is incredibly frustrating in the public schools. Multisensory teaching is the main answer
The NYC Bd of Edu HAD a literacy initiative called
"Ramp Up" which was only funded for a period of 3 -4 years. This period is now expired and schools, which are having their budgets cut effectively Jan 1 then again in June for Sept 2009, are expected to do more with less.
If education is so important why then are State and local govt. disinvesting in education??? We know that Chancellor Klein refuses to lay-off his six figure "consultants" so Principals, and ultimately the students, have to suffer for this. Another factor to consider which I am forced to confront on the h.s. level are children who were exposed to chemical substances in utero or use them. This factor will greatly impact on their ability to learn not just read.
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