When Asked this Question by a Reading Tutor:  I though more about this Response  (10/2024:DP)!  QUESTION–What to do for kids who cry when you want them to try to read in 1st grade?  Children get anxious when they cannot do a task & before peers. So, the behavioral symptoms might suggest– I would stop pushing

ALEX was a kid at risk. He was also a major problem in school and home.  Like many of the other 40% But, he is different. He wanted to do better in school. He was suspended more than that present. And when we met—he was headed for failure again at the 4th grade level. This

“It does not have to be like this”-quote from VP Harris (made on School Violence -with another recent school shooting) at the DNC Democratic National Convention 2024 with her nomination to the Presidential Candidate. NO MORE and we do not have to DEBATE THIS! —Yet, what does that statement mean when you have no way

SAVING OUR KIDS IS NOT POLITICAL by Deborah PARKER PRES. FVYD 2024 WE, FVYD   have a Non-profit 501c3 Organization to share with you- It was founded in 1996 & in those 28 years following, have not asked the “public at large” for any donations. Are you interested in why that is? It certainly is

Why teachers leave schools!  This is so unfair for TEACHING today–the classrooms have 40% of students who cannot read. And teachers are supposed to do what with them? This is factual for 9/2024 and getting worse.  Our Teachers who are not paid enough are simply leaving work that they used to love, because of the