Primary Promise programs operate in 283 high-need elementary schools, often in Black and Latino communities, across the district. One of the reasons Carvalho said the changes are necessary is that the COVID-era funding that paid for Primary Promise reading specialists in classrooms will end in September 2024. The new model has the backing of 24 different education advocacy organizations–including Great Public Schools Now, Latino Equality Alliance and the Center for Powerful Public Schools–who signed a joint letter in support of the change.
However, far fewer elementary schools will get reading intervention help than under the Primary Promise program. It began by pairing about 2,500 high-need children in kindergarten through third grade with a trained reading specialist who provided reading and writing lessons in small groups. Primary Promise was introduced in August 2020 during the pandemic by then-Superintendent Austin Beutner. “That’s why we’re revamping it, ensuring the democratization of invention and scaling up to reach all grade levels.” “(Primary Promise) was not scalable the way it was organized or funded,” said Carvalho during a Tuesday, June 6 LAUSD Board of Education meeting. “Even though the board voted unanimously in 2020 to implement this program, it has just now been decided by the superintendent that it is no longer what students need to help them gain literacy skills early on in their education.”Ĭarvalho insists that his new plan - which is dubbed the Literacy and Numeracy Intervention Model - is a better approach that will reach a more students and be more financially sustainable. “The district is taking apart a program that has been very successful,” said Nicolle Fefferman, a 16-year LAUSD teacher who is currently on leave. His decision is backed by the district’s elected school board, but has been criticized by teachers and parents who regard Primary Promise as an essential tool to ensure that all young students master basic reading and writing skills. LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is doubling down on his decision to replace a much-loved early reading intervention program known as Primary Promise with a new model to support students struggling with reading and math.
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