Next Steps
Information Sharing
“Today young people who leave high school without excellent and flexible reading and writing skills stand at a great disadvantage. In the past, those students who dropped out of high school could count on an array of options for establishing a productive and successful life. But in a society driven by knowledge and ever-accelerating demands for reading and writing skills, very few options exist for young people lacking a high school diploma. Even with a diploma in hand, today’s young people face increasing literacy demands. Yet the large number of students who struggle with reading and writing has not changed noticeably in the decades. This disparity between the demands of modern life and the inadequate literacy achievement of eight million struggling readers and writers has therefore given a new urgency to the need for reform...
It is possible to enhance literacy achievement now while at the same time refining and extending the knowledge base of the entire field...
But to make this ambitious vision a reality, funders, researchers, policymakers, administrators, teachers, parents and students must join forces as common stakeholders in the improvement of adolescent literacy.”
- Gina Biancarosa and Catherine E. Snow, Reading Next — A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy: A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York1
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The Advancing Literacy subprogram at Carnegie Corporation exists to make this ambitious vision a reality. As such, it has sought to serve as a resource to the researchers, policymakers, administrators, teachers, and parents who are working to improve the state of adolescent literacy through its support of select information sharing,
instructional,
infrastructure,
research, and policy initiatives.
Information Sharing
Research reports on the best and most recent instructional, professional development, district and school infrastructure practices; and also on needed policy change vis a vis adolescent literacy:
Resources for family-members seeking to better literacy practices in grades four through twelve:
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