[EDLING:127] Florida Teachers Disagree on Amount of Preparation for Reading Teachers

[Francis M. Hult]

Education Week

Florida Teachers Disagree on Amount of Preparation for Reading Teachers

Some teachers of English as a second language and professors in the field are 
trying to convince Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to veto a bill that some other 
teachers have worked very hard to get introduced and passed. The bill, passed 
earlier this month by both the Florida House and Senate, would decrease to 60 
from 300 the number of in-service hours of English-as-a-second-language 
training required of reading teachers who want to work with English-language 
learners.

The idea for the bill came from the Clay County Education Association, which 
represents 2,500 teachers and is affiliated with the Florida Education 
Association and the National Education Association.

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