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'TYC launches youth reading program'

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The title of this post is the headline to a Corsicana Sun story published today which informs us that:An innovative new teaching curriculum designed to significantly improve the reading ability of youth in the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) was recently launched in all TYC facilities. The program, called ?Rewards and Rewards Plus,? is designed to close gaps between the reading abilities of TYC youth and their peers in traditional school settings. ...In 2009, the Texas Legislature called for an overhaul of TYC?s reading programs through research-based assessment, instruction, and specialized training. The legislature also appropriated $750,000 to pay for these improvements. Working with the University of Texas Meadows Center for Preventing Education Risk, a standardized reading instruction curriculum has been developed and implemented throughout all TYC schools...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 30, 2009 (boomark / email).

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