EDITORIAL: The jury's still in with Open Court program.(Editorial)

From: The Times-News (Twin Falls, ID) | Date: June 29, 2006 | Copyright information

Jun. 29--The Twin Falls School District spent hundreds of thousands of dollars getting into a controversial elementary reading program lauded by the federal government. When you spend that kind of dough on curriculum, you don't cut your losses after the first few bumps.

Some critics may say otherwise with the Open Court reading program that was fully implemented by the district this past school year. Some will question Open Court's validity, especially after K through 3 reading scores took a dip on a critical spring 2006 reading test.

But administrators, teachers and ...

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