DODEA to cut first-grade reading program in Europe

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DODEA to cut first-grade reading program in Europe
By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, March 8, 2009

An international program that has helped thousands of DODDS-Europe first-graders catch up with their peers in reading will be dropped from the curriculum next year.

Marc Mossburg, chief of curriculum for the Department of Defense Education Activity, said Reading Recovery was cut several years ago by schools in the Pacific and will no longer be used in Europe starting with the new school year.

And it might not be the only program to go in the near future. Mossburg said officials and task forces are looking at programs in all subjects to determine if they’re effective and can be used throughout the system.

"There will be adjustments made and it will be a little different from how we’re doing things," he said, adding that it’s likely certain programs will be expanded in some districts and other programs would disappear.

As for Reading Recovery, DODEA officials say it’s generally effective and the district doesn’t have to pay a lot of money in license fees. So they’re not trying to save money by cutting the program.


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