<div dir="auto">Hello,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Writing this as a journalist and TESOL educator for over three decades, I find the story incomprehensible. I don't know learner details, the relationship between the problem/s and the current phonics learning program.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It would be interesting to get involved.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you for virusing it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Myrna Goldstein, B.S.Journalism, MATESL. Retired newspaper reporter, editor, and editorial page writer and op-ed columnist.</div><div dir="auto">Cognitive Applied Linguist</div><div dir="auto">Switzerland</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 15:59 Francis M. Hult via Edling <<a href="mailto:edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu">edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Chalkbeat<br><br>Colorado teachers need help teaching English learners to read. The state wants more training.<br><br>While Colorado is seeing some improvement in reading instruction, some students continue to struggle.<br><br>As a result, the Colorado Department of Education is seeking $3.3 million in the 2025-26 education budget to create new training for teachers to teach English learners to read. It would be used to help teachers differentiate instruction for those students.<br><br>Full story:<br><a href="https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/03/12/english-learner-teachers-need-help-teaching-reading-state-and-survey-find/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/03/12/english-learner-teachers-need-help-teaching-reading-state-and-survey-find/</a></div>
<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Edling mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.mail.umbc.edu/mailman/listinfo/edling" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.mail.umbc.edu/mailman/listinfo/edling</a><br>
</blockquote></div>