SCHOOL FOR THOUGHT

You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry….....

London education officials were thrilled by the huge turnout to their three-week summer literacy camp for kids who struggled with reading in grade 1. Clearly, it doesn't take much to make them happy! Click here for the story.

It's hard to say which is more depressing - the evidence of how many grade 1 kids are in trouble or the probability that they are being set up for a second failure. For the programs being offered at the summer literacy camp promise to be just more of the same, involving "items that can be used to help kids learn to read without all the work". 

We'll say it again: these kids need to be taught how to read. It involves careful teaching and hard work. There is no royal road to learning.