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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This may sound good to unemployed feds, but it isn't good for our schools.  It's a bunch of completely unqualified people who will work at low pay rates and then quit as soon as they find something better - probably in 4 years, when someone starts putting the government back together.  Although it's more likely they will quit as soon as they see how bad the job sucks.[/quote]

Have them go in as reading assistants for lower ES.

Having more bodies for small group work can only help. 
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Nothing could be further from the truth.  Of all the things in school that are truly difficult to teach and require real experience, education, and expertise, reading is number one.  And a bad "helper" can do real damage at that age.

--A career switcher now teaching for about 10 years[/quote]

Really?  Homeschoolers and any parent of kids during the pandemic may differ in their view [/quote]

Hardly.  If anything, they realized that they can't do it.  If they could, we wouldn't have a whole generation of kids who can't read or do math on grade level, because they missed key years during the pandemic.[/quote]

Some of us read up on the subject & figured it out. My dyslexic kid was in 1st grade the virtual year & being taught the Lucy Calkins crap. I read books, I researched online, and I basically taught her myself. Yes, it takes skill, but any reasonably smart person can teach reading with a little effort. [/quote]

I'm a teacher.  It's great that you were able to teach your child, but many many people cannot.  It takes a certain personality, a certain amount of patience and empathy, and then of course, some knowledge.  I've had plenty of parents who I felt did more damage trying to teach their kids to read than anything else.  [/quote]

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