The Literacy Gap We're Overlooking: What Happens After Elementary School?

What does it take to turn literacy research into meaningful classroom practice? In this episode of Leading Together, host Julia Keleher sits down with Dr. Carolyn Durante, Adolescent Literacy Strategist at AIM Institute for Learning & Research, to explore how schools can better support struggling readers, particularly in middle and high school. From simple strategies teachers can incorporate across subjects to the importance of building background knowledge, they discuss practical ways to strengthen literacy instruction and how school boards and education leaders can help create lasting, schoolwide change.