Tucson Education

2008-06-11 \Tucson\Community\Education\
TUSD, the Harcourt reading method and "No Child Left Behind" : TUSD, Harcourt, & NCLB http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Curren
You are correct.  You're dealing with TUSD and the likes of Joel T. Ireland and Alex Rodriguez heading The Governing Board.  In other words and IMHO, "The blind leading the blind." There isn't a whole lot in TUSD that makes much sense these days.  Fortunately ... read more

2007-05-03 \Tucson\Community\Education\
: TUSD, the Harcourt reading method and "No Child Left Behind"
I've heard that TUSD schools are being forced to use the Harcourt reading method.  From what I understand, this method is scripted, stifles teacher creativity and also prevents flexibility in teaching students with different learning modalities.  Has ... read more