From ‘Almost Brainwashed’ to Pioneer

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…
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