Yes, it's expensive, but so is retention and special education, and money to
fund those is saved by Reading Recovery many, many times.
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From: Susanne Lee susannelee...@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:28:15
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I am a Reading Recovery teacher and I just don't get how people say it is
expensive. I see 4 students 1 on 1. That's only 2 hrs. of my day. I also
see lots of other kids throughout the day in Early Literacy small groups.
The children in Reading Recovery get what they need so much more than
I have been using the LLI System since September '09. I work in a large urban
school district in New York. I see five groups a day and have started my second
round of children. I started working with 2nd grade kids working (instr.) at
Levels E, F, and G. I saw improvement in every child and
I believe that the key is in the implementation and responsible use of the RR
teacher outside of time set aside for instruction and planning. Believe me, it
doesn't always work out to be an equitable use of staff, but that is hardly the
fault of the RR teachers or the program itself.
Lori