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Professional learning is key to improving reading
By Shannon Bogle
Categories: Change management, Collaboration, System leadershipAugust 2024
Education systems are making sweeping changes in how they approach literacy instruction as they acknowledge a reading crisis: In the U.S., 45 million adults — five times the population of New York City — cannot read (National Center for Education Statistics, 2019). People who cannot read are at significantly increased risk of dropping out of high school, entering the criminal justice system, and living in poverty (Cree et al., 2022). This trajectory is established early. Students who are not reading proficiently by 4th grade are far more likely than their peers to struggle in school and life (Snow et al., 1998). It is therefore alarming that, in 2022, 37% of U.S. 4th graders scored below basic on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often known
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Shannon Bogle is the senior director for networks and the academy at Learning Forward. She designs networks and content, builds capacity in state and district educators through network coaching, and manages the strategy and operations for the Academy.
Categories: Change management, Collaboration, System leadership
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