[SoftballMominVA]

Excellent use of a packaged product in a school. I work with kids at this age and getting them on grade level reading opens up worlds!

[Gabz]

The principal at my daughter’s elementary school instituted something similar to this a few years ago, where those reading above their level spent time in the classrooms of that level, leaving some teachers to be able to focus on those reading below level.

Unfortunately, because it was working so well, a few parents insisted their children be skipped a grade (which is against district policy in general) and so the district forced the principal to scrap the program.

Thanks to creative thinking and innovation by staff, something similar still exists and continues to work :)

[wintertime]

ping

[Seruzawa]

There’s no surer way to put kids off reading than forcing them to read “Moby Dick” or “Last of the Mohicans” when they are at a much lower level.

[Tax-chick]

Some think-tank program like this was put in place at some of our county schools recently. They were *simply shocked* to find that students did more reading when they were allowed to select books they liked that were at their level of reading competence! Who’da thunkit?

The librarian at our local branch and I had a good laugh over it ... although it’s really not funny that it takes a specialist to convince whoever’s in charge that giving students books they can’t read about subjects that don’t interest them is a losing proposition.

[vetvetdoug]

When I was 8 to 10 years old I read a type of historical book that were put together and called Landmark books. I read them at every chance and they gave me a significant upper hand while I was coming up through the Junior High and High school years when it came to history. I haven't seen anything like it since. Recently at an old book sale I found a book published in 1965 that was historical fiction that was written at a 4th Grade level and my daughter loved it. It beat the fairy and PC crap she is force to read in public school.

[HardStarboard]

>>>Excellent use of a pre-packaged product...<<<

What product?

I can't find were it describes what "Read 180" is - how it's structured and how books (magazines, comics) are selected.

It costs 42K per school to set up - what does the money buy. Why, if the school already has a library does it cost additional money? Sounds to me like the kids get to select their own reading material - fine, but why not say so? If thy do, why the $42K cost?

Is there anyone who wonders as I do; "what does it take to get the educational community to tell us what they are doing with, and to, our kids"?

[editor-surveyor]

“Now I like to read and I’ve got a C in math.”

Wow, my parents would have croaked if I got a C in math! - Now its a good grade?