Reading program goes beyond regular classrom instruction
By Diette Courrégé
North Charleston schools enroll the highest percentage of students who can't read well, and in a year when literacy is Charleston County School District's top priority, that presented a challenge for school Superintendent Nancy McGinley.
She's come up with a number of reading-based initiatives for schools across the district, but she knew North Charleston needed something more dramatic.
Her solution was the Sixth Grade Academy.
The city's weakest sixth-grade readers were handpicked to attend the new program that opened last month.
She wants to show that with the right supports and teachers, these sixth graders can achieve more than they would have in a typical middle school setting.
"This is hopefully something that will prove to be a great intervention," she said. "I do think this is an example of something we would want to replicate if we see the results we are expecting."
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