In response to a message to Charles on ...
RL>CB>We have just one elementary school, but there are 1400 children in
RL>>it, grades K-5.
RL>
RL>How many classes would you have of grade one children in such a large
RL>school?
11 or 12, I believe.
RL>With a school as large as yours it doesn't sound like you have enough RR
RL>teachers...however, maybe you have few children that need it?
We have other programs in place as well.
CB>We've spent a lot of time discussing what whole language is
CB>and what it isn't, but the truth seems to be that it just doesn't
CB>work when applied to the general population.  Whether it is being
CB>misinterpreted or mis-applied or whether it is a bad teaching
CB>strategy, schools all across the U.S. and Great Britain are
CB>abandoning the practice as reading scores plummet.
RL>
RL>I would say that it is being mis applied and that most teachers do not
RL>see Whole Language for what it really is.
Isn't that a weakness of the process then?
Chuck Beams
cbeams@dreamscape.com
http://www.dreamscape.com/cbeams
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