| There are many Orange County Public
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| | these six elements:
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| Schools systems throughout the nation.
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| | (1) Phonemic and phonological awareness
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| There are Orange Counties in Virginia,
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| | (2) Systematic phonics
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| North Carolina, California, and Florida
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| | (3) Vocabulary and background knowledge
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| to name a few. Issues and challenges may
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| | (4) Fluency
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| vary from Orange County Schools to Orange
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| | (5) Comprehension
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| County Schools, but the basic drive is
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| | (6) Motivation
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| the same - to give students the best
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| | -Necessary criteria for increasing
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| quality education possible.
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| | reading achievement:
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| Orange County Schools in Orlando are no
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| | (1) Minimum of 90 minutes of protected
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| exception. School choice, as mandated by
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| | time for reading instruction to close the
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| the United States Court of Appeals for
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| | gap
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| the Fifth Circuit, is present throughout
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| | (2) Smaller class sizes for intervention
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| these Orange County Schools. Improvements
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| | (15 to 20 students per class) to
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| in reading education and reading fluency
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| | individualize and adjust instruction for
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| are also hot topics.
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| | all students
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| It may be hard to believe that a school
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| | (3) Technology in classrooms to create a
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| district could raise the reading scores
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| | scope and sequence of individualized
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| of struggling students by as much as two
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| | instruction for all students
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| grade levels each year, but Orange County
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| | (4) Commitment, by administrators, to
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| Schools are doing just that. The most
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| | learning about reading process
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| challenging group of students to bring up
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| | instruction and what it looks like in a
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| to grade level are students in middle and
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| | successful classroom
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| upper grades. These Orange County Schools
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| | (5) Continual professional development
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| students are a lot less motivated, and
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| | for intervention program teachers
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| have even lost a lot of their trust in
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| | In accordance with a 1970 court order
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| the learning process, believing they are
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| | enacted by the United States Court of
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| too dumb to learn. Many educators have
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| | Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Orange
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| come to realize that it's going to take
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| | County Schools offers its students and
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| extreme measures to change such these
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| | parents many avenues of school choice.
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| students' lives. Interventions are
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| | They are:
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| required at all levels - from the
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| | Majority to Minority Transfers
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| superintendent's office on down to the
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| | No Child Left Behind
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| humble classroom. One Orange County
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| | Opportunity Scholarship
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| Schools intervention that has been put
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| | Exceptional Education Program Placement
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| into place - with amazing results - is
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| | McKay Scholarship Transfer Academic
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| the Orange County Literacy Project.
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| | Transfer
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| In addition, a recent report was
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| | Childcare Transfer
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| solicited by Orange County Schools from
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| | Graduation Transfer
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| the Phyllis C. Hunter Consulting Firm.
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| | Magnet Transfer
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| The firm recently presented an evaluation
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| | Medical Transfer
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| of the Orange County Schools, and how the
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| | Mid-Year Transfer
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| district can best improve its reading
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| | Psychological Transfer
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| instruction. The report, entitled
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| | School Personnel Transfer
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| "Reading Leadership in a Standards-based
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| | Sibling Transfer
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| Reform", covered numerous aspects that
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| | Work-Related Transfer
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| need to be addressed. Among them:
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| | For more information on the requirements
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| -All students have the right to reading
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| | to make any of these types of transfers,
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| instruction that enables them to meet
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| | visit the Orange County Schools district
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| high standards
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| | website.
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| -A Comprehensive Reading Program includes
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