Why Literacy?: Recent Episodes
Rachel Gourley
This episode explores the importance of teaching literacy skills to students with disabilities. By teaching reading fluency skills, we can better engage students and reduce their risk of dropping out or worse.
Why teaching empathy matters and how empathetic citizens become better global citizens.
It's here and it's not going away any time soon - it's time teachers implement social media into their curriculum. This episode looks at how teaching social media as a literacy can help students think critically of the world around them.
Teaching in an urban context means equipping students to rise above what society expects of them. This episode provides a close look at how teaching inner city students the importance of code switching can increase their chances of success.
How can teaching literacy affect the growing trend of the school the prison pipeline? A hard look at current research combined with anecdotal stories will help begin the conversation.