The Teaching of Reading: Why Structured Literacy Matters by John Alexander, M.Ed. on Feb 23, 2022 For decades, issues surrounding literacy instruction and poor literacy test scores have been discussed by researchers, professors of education, teachers, administrators, and parents. Research strongly recommends teachers provide explicit, systematic reading instruction. Not doing so puts too many emerging […]
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