Putting the action in research
BY MAISIE MCADOO | JUNE 2, 2016 NEW YORK TEACHER ISSUE For Melody Anastasiou, who teaches a self-contained 1st- through 3rd-grade class at PS/IS 861 on Staten Island, it was the frustration of watching her 3rd-graders sit for state tests they could not comprehend. National research told her that phonics instruction was not effective if …