Teacher literacy mandate eased, exam still required

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The state has relaxed some guidelines on a new literacy training requirement after a teacher outcry against the new state mandate.

Second graders Kaylani Sanders 8, and Aujuniquen Rice 8, read the books that they picked out for their moms during the annual Mother’s Day Book Give Away hosted by the School House Children Charity at Glen Park Academy in Gary on Friday, May 10, 2024.

Teachers expressed concern over the 80-hour length of the new online class they’ll have to take during their summer break or during the school year and the mandatory high-stakes PRAXIS exam at the end of the course. JoAnn Andreshak, right, a volunteer and a mother, reads along with second grader Alaina Watts 8, left, during the annual Mother’s Day Book Give Away hosted by the School House Children Charity at Glen Park Academy in Gary on Friday, May 10, 2024.

After talking with teachers, Jenner said an educator who holds a pre-K to grade 6 license but teaches a content area that does not involve literacy instruction won’t be required to earn the early literacy endorsement. More than 30 states now require schools to teach the science of reading, a curriculum based on phonics and phonemic awareness so students learn to identify sounds that make up a word.

“I think there’s a bit of a false narrative out there that schools are failing and teachers are part of the problem and this is a magic bullet to fix it,” said Deb Porter, a Northwest Indiana UniServ director for the Indiana State Teachers Association.

 

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