Wichita area public school uses FLC-trained teacher to win at reading remediation
Literacy Intervention Specialist Jill Hodge tells her 30 reading students at Cottonwood Elementary that she has chosen them because they are special. "You're going to be with me for two years because I love you, and you're going to learn how to read," Hodge tells her students. Hodge works with students who struggle to learn to read, write and spell. For the last three years, Hodge has been teaching Alphabetic Phonics full time, all day every day. "We saw the benefits," she sa
FLC executive director contributes to Legislative Dyslexia Task Force recommendations to Kansas Stat
The Kansas Legislative Dyslexia Task Force voted and approved Thursday formal recommendations — including requirements for Kansas teaching candidates, universities and school districts — to next be reviewed by the Kansas State Board of Education. The Task Force was initiated by Substitute HB 2602 in April 2018 after parents from Johnson County lobbied for legislation regarding dyslexia in Kansas public schools. Jeanine Phillips, executive director of Fundamental Learning Cent
