Teaneck students gain from joint reading program TEANECK - On a
recent Wednesday afternoon, children were grouped around small
tables in the Whittier Elementary School library receiving one-
to-one reading instruction, thanks to a collaborative program
instituted this school year between Teaneck Public Schools and
Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dr. Maureen Edwards, Director of
Special Services for Teaneck Public Schools, in coordination
with Dr. Mary Farrell, Director of Fairleigh Dickinson's Center
for Dyslexia Studies, began the initiative to train and certify
district teachers in the Orton Gillingham reading program this
past fall. Ten Teaneck teachers are enrolled in the two-year
12-credit graduate program, which is designed to instruct
teachers on how to reach children who are experiencing
difficulty with reading, spelling and writing. As part of the
curriculum, teachers attend lectures and conduct one-to-one
reading clinic sessions with children from several Teaneck
schools each week at Whittier, where