Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has been pressing to use the phonics-based science of reading since early , mandating the approach as the sole way to teach reading in elementary schools.
DeWine and the state Department of Children and Youth have been offering free, voluntary online classes in the science of reading to preschool teachers and administrators for nearly a year. Only 35 percent of four year olds nationally attend preschool, according to the National Institutes for Early Childhood Research at Rutgers University. DeWine and the Ohio legislature joined a national movement to the science of reading in , ordering schools in to stop using other methods and to implement the curriculum by the school year.
The state then created a series of online lessons that take eight hours for some high school teachers and administrators and 22 hours for most elementary school teachers. More than 85, K teachers completed that training by the end of October, according to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. Though her center was mostly using science of reading through its Creative Curriculum materials, Pernicone said the lessons are good reinforcement and reminders to focus on using varied vocabulary, constantly interact with children in conversations and to show them how each letter sounds and not just teach them what the letters are.
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