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Implementing New 69传媒 Materials Is Hard. How This Principal Got Buy-In

By Kaylee Domzalski 鈥 September 30, 2024 4:38
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Joanna Cohen, an elementary school principal at P.S. 107 in Brooklyn, saw balanced literacy fail to meet the needs of a large group of students over the years.

The New York City Department of Education announced in May 2023 that schools would be required to choose from three literacy curricula it identified as aligned to the science of reading. Cohen began the long, challenging, process of implementing one of them, Wit and Wisdom, in her school.

The first step was teacher buy-in. Here, she explains how she achieved 鈥99 percent鈥 buy in, and how implementation went in its first year. Even with the support of her staff, the work has been incredibly difficult.

Kaylee Domzalski is a video producer for Education Week.

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