Los Angeles Times | Many High School Students Can鈥檛 Read. Is the Solution Teaching Reading in Every Class?

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Jade Wexler, professor of special 含羞草研究所, is featured in a Los Angeles Times article discussing how some schools are closing nationwide literacy gaps by integrating reading instruction into every classroom. The article highlights the urgency of addressing literacy challenges, with the  revealing that nearly  including 30% below 鈥渂asic.鈥

While research shows that one-on-one interventions can be helpful, Wexler suggests that embedding reading instruction into middle and high school content-area classes, "where [students] spend a majority of their day," may have a greater impact. She is currently researching ways to develop a schoolwide literacy model at the secondary level. As the article notes, several states are exploring this approach to better prepare students for college-level reading.