Florida has been working to raise educational standards, but state legislators moved recently to lower the training requirement of reading teachers who work with students learning English. The question is whether those who teach reading in English to speakers of other languages should be required to complete 300 hours of training, as currently required, or whether 60 hours is adequate. Read more about this issue in this article from the Orlando Sentinel.
Posted by Steve Groft on 18 June 2007 in Language Learners , Policy