K-12 Reading Intervention. Education Week. Spotlight

This Spotlight will help readers investigate one state's plan to improve literacy with daily summer reading instruction; review how teachers can better support struggling older readers; gain expert insights into strategies for boosting reading proficiency; evaluate the merits of audiobooks for improving reading engagement; explore how short bursts of tutoring can boost early reading skills; and more. Articles in this Spotlight include: (1) A New Plan to Raise the Lowest Literacy Rates in the Nation (Elizabeth Heubeck); (2) Older Students Who Struggle to Read Hide in Plain Sight. What Teachers Can Do (Elizabeth Heubeck); (3) Want to Improve Reading Proficiency? Talk to Kids More (Elizabeth Heubeck); (4) High Schools Kids Barely Read. Could Audiobooks Reverse That Trend? (Elizabeth Heubeck); (5) How Short 'Bursts' of Tutoring Can Boost Early Reading Skills (Sarah D. Sparks); and (6) Students Are Struggling With Literacy. The Public Library Can Help: How Partnering Schools with Local Libraries Can Help Students Learn to Read (Marjeta Bejdo).