Hire the best school year teachers, get assessment data from the school prior to the start of the program, and then share the results of the child’s experience during the summer with the teacher and administrative staff.
Hesse talks about some of the strengths of the standards—learning to write an argument, writing in the sciences—but also warns that they downplay the social and interpersonal aspects of writing.
Dr. Mark Seidenberg offers his thoughts on how to bridge the divide between the science of reading and the reading instruction occurring in classrooms.
