Letters: Better Schools? Here are Some Ideas

Letters regarding Five Ways to Fix America’s Schools:

Harold O. Levy suggested five disparate ways to improve the educational system in America’s schools. Only one of his suggestions, however, even remotely touched on the most fundamental aspect of this daunting challenge: improving our youngest students’ reading skills as a means of instilling self-confidence and an interest in learning.
This is something that can be addressed now, without the major financing and structural changes needed to truly reform the system.