Contents tagged with Correctional Education
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Reading Horizons Review: Ian Spaulding
Institution: Beaver County School District Jail
City: Beaver
State: Utah
Job Title: IT Tech
I love Reading Horizons because it was easy to install and get started with. It was simple to teach facilitators how to setup users and get the students going. Reports were straightforward and … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed
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Reading Horizons Review: Brian Brown
Institution: NWESD 189 - Skagit County Juvenile
City: Skagit County
State: Washington
Job Title: Educational Specialist
When you can teach these kids to read, you open a new world to them. When they can get lost in a book it gives them a mental escape from their day-to-day: it's therapeutic.
***The reading … more
Grade Level: Secondary
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Reading Horizons Review: David Hinrichs
Institution: Wisconsin Secure Program Facility
State: Wisconsin
Job Title: SPED Teacjer
I have consistently used Reading Horizons as my primary go to reading curriculum for assisting struggling reading students. I use the STAR reading program, but I use Reading Horizons when it comes … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed
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Rebecca Hicks
Institution: Windham School District
State: Texas
I have a student I will call Sandy. Her TABE scores were level 1.5 and 2.3 in Reading, Language Arts. Sandy is in her 40's and has a son. She said she would love to get her GED and be able to read … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed
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Reading Horizons Review: Meg Baron, Penny Vandewater, and Lou Baier
Institution: Iowa Medical and Evaluation Center
City: Oakdale
State: Iowa
We are writing to tell you how useful and helpful the Reading Horizons program has been in our program. We work with incarcerated adult learners and are working to help them read at a level of at … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed
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Reading Horizons Review: Frances Tracy-Mumford
City: Baltimore
State: Maryland
Job Title: Maryland Academic Coordinator of Correctional Education
At first we used Reading Horizons as a tack on to another program, but we all started getting such good results that it became a staple for all of our correctional programs. It really helps with a … more
Grade Level: Adult Ed