% >> THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS
% CONSIDERING A BILL PROMOTING
% TEACHING CHILDREN TO READ WITH
% PHONICS.
% THAT'S WHERE STUDENTS LEARN TO
% BLEND LETTERS OR GROUPS OF
% LETTERS WITH THE SOUNDS THEY
% MAKE.
% A TRAINING TAPE FROM THE
% DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
% SHOWS HOW PHONICS WORKS IN
% PRACTICE.
% >> "YOU" H YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DN
% AMAZING JOB BLENDING THOSE
% SOUNDS TOGETHER TO READ THE
% WORDS.
% >> CAN WE FIX.
% FIT IS ONE OF THE WORDS WE
% PRACTICED BLENDING THIS WEEK.
% FIT.
% >> COMPONENTS OF THE BILL WOULD
% SCREEN FOR READING SKILLS
% STARTING IN KINDERGARTEN.
% ADD NEW PHONICS-BASED
% CURRICULUM, TRAIN TEACHERS OR
% THAT CURRICULUM AND DEPLOY
% READING COACHES, ESPECIALLY TO
% STRUGGLING SCHOOLS.
% THE DISCUSSION COMES AS JUST 37%
% OF THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE
% READERS IN WISCONSIN WERE RATED
% PROFICIENT OR ADVANCED IN 2022,
% AND JUST 14% TESTED AT THOSE
% LEVELS IN MILWAUKEE PUBLIC
% SCHOOLS.
% BILL AUTHOR REPRESENTATIVE JOEL
% KITCHEN SAYS THIS CHANGE IS
% NEEDED NOW.
% >> WISCONSIN ALWAYS HAD A GREAT
% TRADITION OF BEING A LEADER AND
% NOW, WE ARE NOT ANYMORE.
% SO I THINK IT'S PAST TIME.
% WHENEVER YOU CHANGE THINGS, AND
% ESPECIALLY IN EDUCATION, THEY
% DON'T WANT TO BE TOLD BY
% POLITICIANS ESPECIALLY HOW THEY
% SHOULD BE TEACHING IN THE
% CLASSROOM, WHICH IS WHY WE
% REALLY NEEDED D.P. D.P.I. TO BUO
% THIS.%IT'S A BILL THAT IT'S
REALLY
% IMPORTANT AND I THINK WILL HAVE
% BROAD SUPPORT AND I THINK IT IS
% NICE THAT THIS SESSION WE ARE
% GETTING MORE -- WE'RE
% NEGOTIATING MORE, CERTAINLY,
% THAN WE DID DURING THE FIRST
% TERM, AND IT'S TOUGH FOR PEOPLE
% TO TRUST THE OTHER SIDE AND TO
% TRUST D.P.I.
% WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT PUSH-BACK,
% THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST
% PUSH-BACK, ON MY SIDE NOT
% TRUSTING D.P.I. TO FOLLOW
% THROUGH, BUT THEY HAVE TO BE
% INVOLVED.
% INITIALLY, WE WERE NOT GOING TO
% BE INVESTING IN THE CURRICULUM
% VERY MUCH AND THAT WILL PRETTY
% MUCH WE'RE GOING TO BUY THE
% CURRICULUM, SO THERE'S A PRETTY
% BIG EXPENSE.
% WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE
% TRAINING.%SO IT IS GOING TO
BE A BIGGER
% FISCAL IMPACT THAN WE ORIGINALLY
% THOUGHT, BUT THANKFULLY THE
% LEADERS IN MY CAUCUS HAVE
% RECOGNIZED THAT REALLY IN
% EDUCATION, WHAT CAN BE MORE
% IMPORTANT THAN TEACHING KIDS TO
% READ.
% BUDGETS ARE REALLY TIGHT FOR
% SOME OF THESE DISTRICTS, IT'S
% GOING TO BE TOUGHER FOR THEM TO
% DO IT, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS
% IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I'VE
% EVER WORKED ON IN THE CAPITOL
% AND I THINK, AGAIN, WHAT COULD
% BE MORE IMPORTANT.
% IF WE DON'T TEACH KIDS TO READ