Bethyl Randa
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@BethylR
Western Kansas K-3 Special Education Teacher. Small Town Girl. Wife. Mom of two “not so little anymore”s (15 & 11).
My son was termed a “reluctant reader” in KINDERGARTEN and I watched him give up on school as his teacher said comics were getting in the way of literacy. Was given awful boring nonsensical Bob books instead. He WANTED to read comics, with built-in scaffolding, engagement, and confidence building literature. I went back to school to be a reading specialist and wrote my masters paper on using comics and pop culture to create deep and analytical readers and writers. I now give this professional development around the country so that no one else has to face an “educator” like my son did. Reading is reading. Comics = literature.
On Final Action, H Sub for SB 83 (Voucher Bill/SPED Funding bundle) is currently failing with a vote of 60 YES and 64 NO. Needs 63 NO votes to pass. #ksleg
Congratulations to all of our @USD303 School Wide Spelling Bee competitors, our three finalists and our champion
