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Focus on Early Literacy: Common Curriculum and Better Teacher Training. Sketching a New Conservative Education Agenda

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Title: Focus on Early Literacy: Common Curriculum and Better Teacher Training. Sketching a New Conservative Education Agenda
Language: English
Authors: Pondiscio, Robert, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Source: American Enterprise Institute. 2020.
Availability: American Enterprise Institute. 1150 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-862-5800; Fax: 202-862-7177; Web site: http://www.aei.org
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 3
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Reading Instruction, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Political Attitudes, Reading Difficulties, Reading Skills, Early Childhood Education, Curriculum
Abstract: If there is one area in which conservatives should overcome any lingering aversion to being prescriptive about classroom practice, it is early childhood literacy. Early reading failure is as close to determinative as any outcome in educational research. Given that the vast majority of teachers in a given state are trained and licensed in that state, it would be appropriate and not governmental overreach for states to adopt--or at the very least incentivize adoption of--one or more early childhood reading curricula and require teachers to be trained in their implementation as a condition of licensure. This report discusses why conservatives should support a common early reading curriculum and a teacher training and licensure strategy to ensure that reading is taught well.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 2021
Accession Number: ED610309
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:If there is one area in which conservatives should overcome any lingering aversion to being prescriptive about classroom practice, it is early childhood literacy. Early reading failure is as close to determinative as any outcome in educational research. Given that the vast majority of teachers in a given state are trained and licensed in that state, it would be appropriate and not governmental overreach for states to adopt--or at the very least incentivize adoption of--one or more early childhood reading curricula and require teachers to be trained in their implementation as a condition of licensure. This report discusses why conservatives should support a common early reading curriculum and a teacher training and licensure strategy to ensure that reading is taught well.