Canyons School District Superintendent Dr. David Doty talks to students about college.
Tom Smart, Deseret News
In this economy, public education is in need of every cent they can get and they are begging for volunteers to spend time in the schools to help. Now Canyons School District is eliminating its volunteer reading programs and paying aids to do small group interventions with students who are behind in their reading skills.
The volunteer reading programs have provided one-on-one tutoring, built relationships of support for students and formed partnerships between the schools and the community.
Canyons District's Reading Street program could easily work side by side with the volunteer reading programs, providing extra support for students needing help.
Is this good use of public education money? Does this make sense to anyone? Canyons obviously has more money than sense.
Carolyn Mills
South Jordan
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The letter writer's address is in the Jordan School District. Why not let other school districts run their own programs the way that they think best meets the needs of their students?
Perhaps Ms. Mills works in Canyons or has been a volunteer. Many people work in one city and live in another. This is something the school board needs to be aware of.
Volunteer reading programs have NOT been shown to improve student reading scores. Children who struggle with reading - decoding or fluency - don't improve by just reading with someone - they normally need a structured intervention to focus in More..