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Stern Center urges teacher coaching as key to Vermont reading turnaround after federal funds paused
Summary
The Stern Center told the Senate Education Committee that Vermont faces a solvable reading crisis and urged investment in practitioner-led teacher coaching; the Center said federal funding for a Reed Vermont coaching rollout was paused after a 15‑month, roughly $900,000 contract was begun.
Lori Quinn, president of the Stern Center for Language and Learning, told the Senate Education Committee on April 3 that Vermont is in the midst of a reading crisis that is fixable if the state concentrates on teacher-focused coaching grounded in the science of reading.
Quinn said the Stern Center has spent decades supporting teachers and families and recommended a practitioner-led, small-group coaching model to change what happens behind classroom doors. "I do believe there's a reading crisis and I believe it is a solvable crisis,"…
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