Teachers in the Moorhead School District are going back to school to learn ways to improve student achievement.
Jill Skarvold, district director of learner support services, told the Moorhead School Board that 80 percent of the kids who are referred to child study, which is the first step in determining special education placement, are done so because of reading problems.
To improve reading instruction, the school district is partnering with Minnesota State University Moorhead to offer a two-year master's degree program designed for the needs of teachers and students in the school district.
About 20 teachers are participating in the Reading Institute.
"Reading is the foundation for everything we do," said Lynne Kovash, district assistant superintendent of teaching and learning. "Our scores are ok, but we always want to improve reading."
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Find out more about the program, including why an MSUM professor expects this will become a wide-spread model of professional development for teachers in Monday's Forum.
Readers can reach Forum reporter
Tracy Frank at (701) 241-5526
