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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is ATS so popular with everyone?  Is it that much better than all the neighborhood schools?[/quote]

They don't use Lucy Calkins![/quote]
The other schools won’t next year. They are moving to structured literacy. [/quote]

“They are moving”

How quickly? Will any schools use LC this fall? 
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Unfortunately Lucy Calkins is now selling a subpar structured literacy program that some Arlington schools are adopting. Here’s a little about Calkins.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.apmreports.org/amp/episode/2020/01/27/lucy-calkins-reading-materials-review

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.apmreports.org/amp/story/2020/10/16/influential-literacy-expert-lucy-calkins-is-changing-her-views[/quote]

Which schools? Name names. Because it’s absolutely asinine for the decisions to be made school-level. Enough with this pilot program sh**! Everyone should have access to structured literacy, best instructional practices, and rapid screeners for dyslexia. JFC[/quote]

Hmm.. not sure. I just remember someone on AEM sharing a chart with which school is adopting which program (apparently principals have a lot of leeway) and then saw that Calkins new program had been adopted by some schools. I’ve since left the group (was always a lurker and found the parents to be too much) and deleted Facebook all together (seems like I’m compensating by coming on DCUM though lol). There doesn’t seem to be a place where APS shares all this info and I believe (may be wrong) that the person sharing it was on one of the school committees. I agree with the PP who said that perhaps ATS’ principal should be made head of some county wide literacy program. My kids never went to ATS and are in middle school now so I’m not sure whether ATS parents would be upset about that (though it seems like the assistant principal is just as good). At some point APS just need to recognize that some of the reading programs aren’t working and they need to bring someone with expertise to implement a county wide reading and writing program that does work. Not to diss ATS but it just isn’t fair that there is one school in Arlington with a proven writing and reading program that works for kids from all socio-economic backgrounds, yet most kids in Arlington will not go to that school. We need to start seeing what programs are working in what schools and implementing them county wide. My understanding is that ATS’ strength is reading and writing so how about we just implement their program county wide? I work in government in a position that requires a lot of writing. I noticed that many college/graduate students applying for summer internships at my office simply cannot write properly. They all come from great schools. Based on what I’ve seen with my kids I think the problem comes from elementary school. I worked a lot on my kids to make sure their writing skills improved but isn’t that something schools should do? I heard that in the high school level IB is great for improving writing skills but again most kids won’t get into IB. Also I don’t think this is the fault of most high schools and high school teachers. It’s just that kids never got a good foundation to begin with. Something really needs to change here. What’s sad is that APS is one of the best school districts in the region, if not the country. So if we have these issues here than what is it like in other school districts???!![/quote]

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