[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"?

[SoftballMominVA]

Read 180 can be googled. It is a product by a nationwide company that matches kids with their interests and their reading level.

This is a very basic concept of reading and reading development and I am shocked that it is considered revolutionary when it is so basic.

[SoftballMominVA]

What does it buy? It buys the computer program, an extensive library of matching books that are considered “hi-interest, low-level”, accompanying tests for comprehension, and the site license to use it in multiple classes.

[fightinJAG]

I don’t understand why kids can’t just select books out of the school library. The books supposedly are all appropriate (ahem) and cover a wide range of reading levels.