NY schoolchildren can’t read — yet state leaders refuse to actBy NY Post Editorial Board
August 5, 2023
Look what The New York Times finally discovered: New York school kids — in alarming numbers — can’t read.
On Wednesday, the paper reported the state is behind the rest of the nation in fixing its reading program and that declines in fourth-grade reading scores here on last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress test were twice the national average.
In large districts like Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, as many as eight in 10 kids fail annual reading tests; in Gotham, less than half pass.
This is old news to anyone paying attention, but the folks in charge of state education policy have other priorities.
Other states, and New York City under Mayor Eric Adams and Chancellor David Banks, have taken steps to fix the problem by re-emphasizing phonics instruction, which all the science now shows is the best way to help kids learn.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/05/ny-schoolchildren-cant-read-yet-state-leaders-refuse-to-act/
