How one teacher’s struggle to save her son led her to take on Oregon’s reading crisis.
By James Neff
Oregon Journalism Project
- Ronda Fritz transformed from a disheartened Oregon teacher using debunked “whole language” methods into a pioneer of evidence-based “science of reading” instruction after failing to help her dyslexic son.
- After earning a doctorate, she reformed Eastern Oregon University’s teacher preparation program and established a reading clinic that has trained more than 700…