I supervisor said. It's almost as if the teachers jump into the heads of the kids. They really are engaged in the thinking and the reading. Discussion now concerns the program's next phase. A 1996 summer early intervention program, similar to last year's, will be implemented in southern Delaware, to extend the program statewide.
Planning is under way for at least one other summer session in New Castle County, as well.
We are using the combined experience of some of the most capable teachers in the state to inform all those decisions that research has not addressed. The prospects for success are very exciting. Most reading problems are preventable. The goal of Reading Success from the Start, according to Pikulski, is to insure that every child in Delaware has a firm foundation of reading skills by the end of the third grade. This will provide a foundation for learning in the later grades and will help each student learn to function as a productive member of society and, eventually, the workplace, he said.