3: The Battle

3: The Battle

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President George W. Bush made improving reading instruction a priority. He got Congress to provide money to schools that used reading programs supported by scientific research. But backers of Marie Clay’s ideas saw Bush’s Reading First initiative as a threat. 


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Ксения Васильева

It's so strange. English is not my native language so it's even more strange for me. How it can be possible?!

Apr 25th
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Sam R.

Marie Clay sounds like a cult leader. My son was in reading recovery last year and it didn’t really help, and now I’m second grade he’s still behind in reading... but now he’s in a science based tutoring program and it’s helping a lot.

Feb 19th
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Shannon Compton

you wouldn't look at science because it came from a republican side? I'm so tired of the politics game.

Nov 12th
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