[CALIBK12] 4th grade reading and prison facilities

[Blanche Woolls]

This is the stuff that dreams are made of (excuse me Mr. Disney).

This is the answer to why anyone being paid a salary in a school should be 
doing something other than checking AR points.

This should be woven into why having a school library full of interesting 
books to read for pleasure and everything else to read for information. 
This is the reason for having a person in charge who can help children.

In my earlier teaching days, I used to suggest that students needlepoint 
magnificant things to hang behind the circulation area. This is something 
that needs to be hung in the hall over the office, in the teacher's 
lounge, in every classroom, and in the library.

Blanche

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Barbara Duffy wrote:

>
> If you haven't seen this - scroll down to Milton Chen's article What I Learned as Principal for a Day.
> Toward the last he comments on prison officials checking how many 4th graders are failing Reading so they can plan adequate prison facilities.
>
> Barbara