Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is pushing for the "Science of Reading" as the only literacy method in classrooms. According to Amy Murdoch, Ph.D. with Mount St. Joseph University the method informs educators that an explicit and systematic approach to reading and writing instruction is the most effective way to teach reading.
DeWine's proposal would ban other literacy approaches such as "three cueing." Other states have also required schools to use the "Science of Reading" method.
But the presidents of the Ohio Education Association and Ohio Federation of Teachers take issue with a ban on cueing. On Cincinnati Edition, we'll examine the governor's proposal and how the Science of Reading method works.
Plus, a bill that would overhaul campus life at Ohio's public universities is coming up against student and faculty protests. It may pass anyway.
Senate Bill 83 would end diversity training mandates, make American history mandatory and ban university faculty from going on strike. We'll examine what else is in the bill and what faculty and students have to say.
Guests:
- Melissa Cropper, president, Ohio Federation of Teachers
- Amy Murdoch, Ph.D., assistant dean and associate professor, Mount St. Joseph University School of Education Reading Science Program
- Patrick O'Donnell, correspondent, The 74 Million
- Robert Rubin, senior lecturer and faculty union president, Wright State UniversitySchool of Humanities and Cultural Studies
- Anna Staver, reporter, USA Today Network Ohio Bureau
- Ashley Reynolds, Miami University student
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