An article condensed from the November 2006 issue of American School Board Journal. Based on research findings concerning the teaching of reading, writing, and other communication strategies to older students, researchers and practitioners recommend eight strategies for school districts wanting to improve literacy beyond third grade. It is suggested that school districts should focus on literacy, find out what students need and deliver it, provide every student with between two and four hours of literacy instruction every day, redirect literacy professional development money toward training teachers to use literacy-based strategies, find or develop literacy leaders, invest in helping teachers to use literacy-based strategies across the curriculum, keep collecting data on the progress of the literacy program, and encourage the involvement of parents and the community in literacy efforts.
Article: Raising the Literacy level among Teenagers
Author: Rebecca Jones
Source: The Education Digest 72 no5 34-40 Ja 2007
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