Thread:Recommendation 1/@comment-5325087-20120728041833/@comment-5325087-20120728042009

Scenario:

Teachers that have gone through the Ruby Payne training will understand that students coming from low-income families value entertainment above all else. This entertainment offers an escape from the reality of their struggling lives. Then using the donation site DonorsChoose the teacher can build a project designed specifically to acquire books that would be of high interest and entertaining to the students in class. Using these high interest books to develop literacy not only helps students understand how to use literature in their everyday lives but also offers the escape from reality that this population is so desperately seeking. Developing a love of reading will increase the likelihood of a child going to the library to check out more books that offer escape. The teacher can then inquire at the local library if there is a program (such as the Book Mobile) that would delivery books to the students right at school. If not, there is always an opportunity to have a representative come in and talk to students about how the library works and provide an application for a library card. This guest from the library would be a great presenter at open house or some other evening informational night. Increasing the access of printed materials to students that normally would not have it requires a network of partners. No one person can do it alone, so developing good relationships with organizations with access to printed materials early is essential.