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We need a school that wants to improve their reading scores. We have a reading certificate program for teachers based on the recommendations from the National Reading Panel. The program has a CD ROM and workbook for teachers to complete and then a rigorous certification exam. The program covers phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, text comprehension and differentiated instruction.

I find the McKinsey & Company analysis of the world’s best performing school systems fascinating. This analysis and comparison should create some amazing actions to help improve education in the United States. Unfortunately education is not about analysis, it is about politics.

Their number one recommendation is that we need to develop a world-class teaching work force if our schools are ever to regain their rightful place as the best in the world.