Columbus schools drop reading specialists for math, science focus

Columbus, Ohio’s public schools will replace 183 reading-intervention teachers next year with math and science specialists to try and bolster proficiency test scores in those subjects. Eliminating the so-called “safety-net” reading teachers, most of whom were placed in elementary schools to work with children reading below grade level, could have unintended negative effects on students’ proficiency in other areas, said Timothy Shanahan, president of the International Reading Association. Read more of this article from the Akron Beacon Journal.