The One About:
Reading Curriculum Overhaul with Journalist Alex Zimmerman
Is your school using a new reading curriculum for the first time this year? ��
Do you feel prepared to transition to a new reading curriculum? ��
Is your district “building the plane while flying it?” ��
Teachers and school leaders are struggling to make the transition.
Alex Zimmerman Bio:
Alex Zimmerman is a reporter at Chalkbeat New York, where he covers the largest school
system in the country. Before covering schools, he focused on police accountability, LGBT
issues, public health and transportation. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Village Voice,
Vice and Atlas Obscura.
Article:
“How is NYC’s literacy curriculum mandate going? Teachers feel unprepared.”
Chalkbeat
November 27, 2023
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2023/11/27/teachers-want-more-training-for-reading-
curriculum-overhaul/
To contact Alex Zimmerman via email: azimmerman@chalkbeat.org
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