Two years ago, a group of students and their teachers sued the state of California for doing a poor job teaching kids how to read. On Thursday they won $53 million so that the state’s lowest-performing schools can do better.
for doing a poor job teaching kids how to read — 53% of California third-graders did not meet state test standards that year, and scores have increased incrementally since. On Thursday they won $53 million so that the state’s lowest-performing schools can do better.
“We know that literacy is the foundation for all learning, and it’s an essential part of participating in democracy. People who can’t read and write are often uninformed, are more easily manipulated and less likely to vote,” UCLA education professor Pedro Noguera said. This settlement is “just a step, and I think we shouldn’t exaggerate how big a step.”, based on California’s Common Core standards, illustrates the depth of the reading problem.
“We shouldn’t have to be filing lawsuits to establish a right to read,” said Rosenbaum, who filed the suit along with the law firm Morrison & Foerster. To receive their grant, each school will design a California Department of Education-approved plan that analyzes why its reading rates are so low and identifies how it will measure progress and spend the money, which can be used for a range of services, including literacy coaches, social-emotional learning, bilingual reading specialists, and training teachers on methods to improve school discipline that can disrupt education.
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