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1) 1st grade reading  by Anonymous Citizen on March 31, 2008 
People do not understand how children develop. Children develop at different rates. I have seen children who are 10 years old and cannot read well. By the time they're 12, they are reading college science books. It is not good for a child's well-being to constantly be compared to their peers and be expected to be just like them. All children are different. One child may do well with a certain reading program, other children may not learn to read well with it. One child may be developmentally ready to read at 2 years old, another child at 8. Both of my children are reading well, and they learned at their own time with no pressure and stress from adults and peers.

Patti
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2) Reading  by Anonymous Citizen on March 27, 2008 
This is what happens when you let politicians loose on education. These people know absolutely nothing about educationally sound practices and they certainly don't listen to people who do. This bill is badly flawed. First of all, 1st grade is a watershed year in terms of reading development. Every year, I see children enter in Sept. as non-readers and leave in June as readers. Many of them inch along in their skills until about Christmas and then the switch flips and they take off. This bill seeks to label those children as reading disabled. Secondly, apparently these politicians are not aware that once you declare a child as disabled in any way or act as if you suspect a disability, they are then entitled to a whole host of Federal legal protections that children without disabilities are not entitled to. That alone would have a huge financial and educational impact on the schools. Third, this bill runs contrary to the move by the Federal government toward the Response to Instruction model to determine reading disabilities. Finally, if this bill is such a good idea according to the sponsors, why does it only include the public schools? Why not the private schools also? What is the real agenda here?
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3) Anti boys again  by Anonymous Citizen on March 25, 2008 

This is way too soon to label kids with disabilities, after 30 days of instruction, especially if you dont have kids memorize words, and use phonics. And as boys are a little slower at reading than girls when they are so young, it is anti boys.
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