In his book on redesigning education, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and educational reformer Kenneth G. Wilson uses Reading Recovery as a model for the process. He suggests that in three ways, Reading Recovery can encourage the process of educational redesign. It proves that a well-designed educational program can be replicated among teachers and schools across a wide array of locations and cultures and still yield uniformly superior results. It shows that when educators find a program that meets these two criteria and proves that it can earn a good result, schools are willing to make its adoption a budget priority. Reading Recovery is the best evidence yet of the direct link between good design and educational excellence.
All educators acknowledge that change is hard work.
Anything that tackles the complex problems of today's literacy education is going to be difficult. Reading Recovery professionals welcome the challenge to make these literacy opportunities a reality by building partnerships with all who share this goal. Go to top of page.