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Online Reading Checkup Could Help Rebuild NC Children s Skills
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Second-graders at Oakdale Elementary School in Charlotte do a phonics lesson.
As the pandemic deepens the academic challenges that face many students of color, a consensus is building that more effective reading instruction is a key to long-term recovery. Mecklenburg County officials have threatened to withhold $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools because of lingering racial gaps in all subjects.
For Munro Richardson, executive director of Read Charlotte, six years of analyzing data boils down to one recurring theme: From 2014 to 2019, state reading exams have consistently showed at least 72% of white third-graders in CMS are on track for academic success. Their Black and Hispanic counterparts have never gotten above 37%.
Students at Huntersville Elementary work on EL reading lessons in March 2020.
When Clayton Wilcox became superintendent in 2017, he noted that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools had 17 different reading initiatives going at the same time. That was way too many, he said.
At a recent board meeting, Windsor Park Elementary Principal Shanna Rae said the lack of a standardized approach left teachers to piecemeal resources together that they find off of the internet, or from Teachers Pay Teachers, or from other various resources. Teachers do what teachers do best: They fill in the gap where they see a need, she said. But she said it meant children weren’t getting consistent lessons using proven strategies.
Volunteers from the Black Child Development Institute hand out reading material and Reading Checkup information to families.
When COVID-19 forced schools to close almost a year ago, dozens of Mecklenburg County community groups came together to figure out how to help.
Now, with students returning to classrooms, they re still working together. Munro Richardson of Read Charlotte, a group that supports early literacy, said today s environment poses new challenges and opportunities.
Munro Richardson, executive director of Read Charlotte
Groups that normally offer summer learning programs are still trying to figure out whether in-person programs will be allowed, whether Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will host programs at schools and how private groups efforts will mesh with the prospect of a state-mandated summer school program. Richardson said they ll need to get details locked in this month.
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