05/01/2008: A $1 billion-a-year reading program that has been a pillar of
the Bush administration's education reform plan doesn't have much impact
on the reading skills of the young students it's supposed to help, a
long-awaited federal study shows.
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/phonics/SIG=12gpj3tf9/*http%3A//www.usatoday.com/news/education/2008-05-01-reading-first_N.htm?csp=34
SOLUTION: SavySoftware has formed a new partner****p with Rentacoder’s
top certified expert Do***aker to develop and donate educational software
to some of the nation’s most disadvantaged schools. The move comes after
learning the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) gave
third world countries a higher literacy rate than that found in the U.S. It
also comes after learning Schwarzenegger’s threat to cut California’s
education budget.
As a result, Randy’s Reading Program (below), is released as a full,
free literacy course for grades K - 3. It features professional graphics,
voiceovers, hands-off video tutorials, and a rich vocabulary full of both
short and long vowels, blends, ends, silent letters, multi-syllable words,
unique spelling patterns and more.
http://www.savysoftware.com/blog2/2008/03/30/randys-reading-program
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