Amy said.... I absolutely agree that the classroom teacher needs to provide the first string of reading instruction and intervention. But she is only one person and there is only so much that one person can do effectively when faced with mulitple reading levels. Amy I am totally with you and stunned that districts are trying to pretend that this isn't true. Over and over again I hear what the gen. ed teacher should do, as though they have been dropping the ball and it is time they stepped up to their duty. Without exception, every teacher I know is working hard and attempting to meet the needs of their students, but the stakes grow higher and the demands more diversified with inclusion classrooms. Inclusion classrooms with almost no support. RtI wasn't intended to dump on the gen. ed classroom. Why isn't more being done to provide intervention help? Apologies to schools doing it. I just haven't found them. Gina
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