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Charter schools advocate recounts daughter's reading struggles, urges statewide phonics, teacher training
Summary
Alicia Urbane told the House Education and Workforce Committee her child's multi-year reading struggle exposed gaps in phonics instruction and "cookie‑cutter" intervention plans; she urged statewide teacher training in the science of reading, stronger accountability and targeted funding for at‑risk students.
Alicia Urbane, vice president of government and legal affairs for the Michigan Association of Public School Academies and a Brighton Area Schools board member, told the House Education and Workforce Committee she spent years seeking help after her daughter struggled to read despite early signs and repeated interventions. "There were the red flags," Urbane said, pointing to low DIBELS scores in first grade and inconsistent phonics instruction.
Urbane described how her daughter's progress fluctuated under balanced literacy…
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