Tutoring can help students of all ages and ability levels, and in all subjects. There are side-benefits too, both for the student and the parent. Here are some things to consider if you are thinking about tutoring for your child. Now in its 36th year, Morris Tutoring has a tutor to fit your child’s needs. […]
Extreme Phonics: My Quibbles with Spalding
Better to teach phonics or whole word recognition? The pendulum swings back and forth, but these days “traditional” district and charter schools usually rely heavily on phonics instruction, most often the Spalding Method. I learned Spalding in 1977 from a teaching colleague who had been trained by Romalda Spalding herself. It seemed so elegant, a […]
Learning Wars Reignited by Another Drop in Reading Scores
In 1955, Dr. Rudolf Flesch — an Austrian-born immigrant who fled the Nazis and became a naturalized American citizen — threw a monkey wrench into public education. The wrench in question was a book: Why Johnny Can’t Read. Horrified to discover that a 12-year-old boy he was tutoring could not decipher the word “kid,” Flesch […]
