Verona tutor wins teaching award

Susan Troller:

eading tutor Pam Heyde of Verona has won an "Unsung Hero" award from the International Dyslexia Association for her work helping children to read.

The local reading instructor works outside of school with children who are struggling to learn to read. She was nominated for the national award by Chris Morton, a parent whose son, Will, is one of Heyde's success stories.

I interviewed the Morton family last year as part of an article about an effort to pass legislation requiring schools to identify struggling readers earlier in their school careers and to require teachers to learn more about the different ways children learn to read.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 23, 2011 1:20 AM
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