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Connecting Literacy to Students’ Futures

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February 25, 2025

Author: Forbes

Connecting Literacy to Students’ Futures

The article explores America’s declining reading scores and argues that academic interventions must be paired with stronger student motivation. Urban Assembly CEO David Adams recommends evidence-based reading instruction, supportive teacher relationships, student choice, frequent reading and assessments at every grade level. He also emphasizes career and technical education and work-based learning as ways to help students understand how literacy connects to college, employment and the lives they hope to build.

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