How can they not be reading? We’ve lowered standards and lowered standards and then lowered standards some more. After a while, when none of that worked, we lowered standards and lowered standards and even lowered them again.
How can they possibly not be reading?
It’s not just Cali, and not new. My youngest is 35, when he was in 1st grade we were told he was Learning Disabled in Math and Reading.
Solution: Dick and Jane style books and a PADDLE. Hubby wrote a DOS program on the old Comodore 64 for Math flash cards, and a hand to the bottom. In 6 weeks grades went from D’s to A/B’s in both subjects.
He still hates to read. And that was the only problem not a disability that would have had him in Spec Ed with more money for the school. But he does know how to read and do math.