Friday, April 29, 2016
New York Community Trust Brings Reading Instruction Program to the Bronx
Thanks to a $600,000 grant from the New York Community Trust Brooke Astor Fund for New York City Education, Teaching Matters brought its program to improve reading instruction in early grades to eight high-poverty schools in the Bronx, including P.S. 94, an elementary school in the Bronx.
“It’s like going for a master’s in reading,” said Principal Diane Daprocida, who taught special education for 10 years before coming to P.S. 94...