School Leadership 2.0

Should have repeated the current grade level. Will never catch up. Some children didn’t even have computers. Teachers worked hard, doing a great job. Ongoing uncooperative from parents and administration.

Schools also give in to the pressure to pass students when we should hold them back if they can't do the work.

More districts need to commit to the Science of Reading.

This site has a questionnaire about the real problems in our K-12. The answer is simple: phonics works. The other methods don't.

I founded an international school. Reading is an issue with American students. We do not have high enough expectations for our USA kids, and as a result ( not on outcome), the above reasons are all reasons but not the systemic problem.

The combination of short attention span and digital “sound bites” result in less commitment to read, to learn, to figure it all out, and to think deeply about the topic.