Blog 1- A Tale of Two Schools

While watching the video “A tale of Two Schools” I paid attention to the similarities and differences between the two schools. I noticed many differences in the schools such as the school in Texas having lots of supplies and teachers with lots of training. All of the teachers discussed training in the video and the teachers from Texas received a lot more training about reading programs than the school in Mississippi. The similarities I observed in both schools were that they both had students struggling to read and they both implemented new programs and techniques to fix this issue. The Reading Mastery Program definitely seemed more organized. However, when working with young children there has to be room for some accommodations and that program seemed very strict and didn’t leave much room for anything to go wrong. As a teacher you always have to be prepared for whatever distractions may happen throughout your lessons. The other program, Project Read seemed more accommodating and slower paced. Because of the pros and cons mentioned about both of these programs I really don’t know which program would work best. I think both programs could be effective depending on how they are implemented and which kind of community they are in. Perhaps both schools could learn from each other’s programs and find a way to fill in the gaps of what each program was missing. I see how students struggle with reading in my school for Clinical I.  Teaching them is no easy task, and the students that do not have support at home struggle the most. In the movie we saw how well the little boy that they focused on had improved once his aunt took the initiative to read with him at home. It takes a lot of different methods and a lot of time for students to develop reading skills.