Career and technical leaders have made reading and writing a top priority

By Alisha Hyslop, District Administration, May, 2010

At its most fundamental level, literacy represents the ability to read, write and communicate. Unfortunately, too many adolescents lack the literacy skills necessary to navigate the reading and writing requirements of high school and the future world in which they will work and live.

One of the ironic facts about adolescent literacy is that the reading levels of U.S. adolescents have actually declined during the past two decades, despite the fact that more students are taking higher level courses. Explicit literacy efforts must be targeted at high school students, but just giving students “more of the same” isn’t likely to have the dramatic impact that is needed.

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