NYC - Balanced Literacy and Reading First Grant - $111 million. Why Wasn't MMSD Successful?

Why didn't MMSD qualify for Reading First dollars? NYC was awarded a Reading First grant of $111.4 million over three years for 49 public and 35 non-public schools. NYC offers Balanced Literacy to its school children. Madison offers Balanced Literacy. Why wasn't the Reading First program able to become part of Madison's Balanced Literacy?

Part of the reason may lie in the NYC approach to seeking the grant money. NYC formed a committee of teaching professionals, union representatives, experts and parents to review the grant requirements and to determine what program would work with their comprehensive approach to literacy.

NYC succeeded in being able to incorporate Reading First, which is dollars targeted to literacy for low income children. Madison citizens need to know more about what process MMSD used and more specifics about what were the barriers to MMSD receiving Reading First dollars?

Reading First in the NYC Department of Literacy

Letter Describing NYC Process for Seeking Reading First Grant Money

Posted by James Zellmer at December 23, 2004 5:03 PM
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