Learning to Read.
DAVID BACON.
Learning to Read.
California’s children learn to read in public schools across the
state. These images document the innovative ways teachers in
classrooms in Berkeley, Newport Beach/Costa Mesa, Petaluma, and Los
Angeles develop the enthusiasm of children from kindergarten to the
fourth grade. Students come into many of these classes speaking
various languages, some in addition to English, and others
monolingual in the language of their families. Some parents sign
waivers allowing their children to be taught in a bilingual class,
while others are in immersion classes. In yet other classes, all the
students speak English as their first language. Regardless of
language, these students want to learn to read, and their teachers
want the same thing for them.