I was being evaluated by my supervisor who wanted "drill and kill." I knew better, but I didn't do better. I sold out my values and my kids. I learned how to quickly handle this conflict.

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Dr. Mary Howard is a leading expert in literacy, presenting seminars as an independent consultant and for the Bureau of Education and Research. She is an educator for more than 30 years, combining years of classroom experience as an elementary grade 1-6 special educator, grade K-12 reading tutor, reading specialist and Reading Recovery teacher and author of several books, including RTI from All Sides: What Every Teacher Needs to Know and Moving Forward with RTI: Reading and Writing Activities for Every Instructional Setting.