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By Trisha Powell Crain | [email protected] The Alabama Literacy Act, first passed in 2019, will go fully into effect at the start of the new school year. We’ve been getting questions about the act and what it means for parents and students, especially third-graders who might be at risk of being held back if they aren’t reading well. The Alabama Education Lab, a team of journalists at AL.com, talked to reading experts and assembled information from the state officials and local schools and districts to help explain the law. Teachers are required to test the reading level of children in kindergarten, first, second and third grade at the beginning, middle and end of each school year, according to the law. That gives teachers plenty of opportunity to know which children are struggling, said Denise Gibbs, who leads the Alabama Scottish Rite Foundation Learning Centers, which helps children with dyslexia and other reading problems. ....
Termites ravage east Port of Spain school during covid19 closure Stock photo source: Pixabay.com The staff of St Martin Welfare Association Early Childhood Centre on St Paul Street, Port of Spain are facing tremendous damage to furniture and school supplies as termites have taken over the building while teachers and children worked from home. Principal of the school Denyse Gibbs said the termites have eaten through everything from desks and cabinets to crayons, colour pencils and other resources. The damage done by the invasive insects will cost an estimated $25,000 to treat. Gibbs said the staff first noticed the issue in April, when they returned to the school to check on it after schools closed and students were sent to work from home on March 13. ....