Principal for a Day - A Personal Account

By Mark Real, President & CEO, KidsOhio.org

Principal for a Day: Columbus Kids Write from the Start 

“BAM…FIB…SUB…watch me as I sound out these words, then write these words on your paper,” says the teacher’s aide in a second grade classroom at Lindbergh Elementary School on the west side of Columbus. Welcome to phonics, second grade style, as Ohio’s second largest school district strives to help more youngsters read at grade level.

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11/1/2003