High School Archives - Reading Plus

Econ River High School

Sean Swanson — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:25:48 +0000

M. Sadler, Reading Specialist at Econ River High School in Orlando, Florida describes Reading Plus as a progressive ladder that, when properly climbed, allows struggling readers to reach the career and college reading readiness level.

Students of Econ River High School with strong fidelity of use made 4.5 instructional grade levels of growth in 2020-2021.

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International Community High School

jjohnson — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 02:39:25 +0000

Students and educators from International Community High School, New York, talk about reading, literacy, and their success with Reading Plus, a web-based program for students in elementary through college-ready grades that transforms how, what, and why students read while broadening interests and building knowledge.

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West Port High School

Sean Swanson — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 02:34:50 +0000

Students, teachers, and administrators from West Port High School in Ocala, Florida, talk about their reading and literacy success using Reading Plus, a web-based program for students in elementary through college-ready grades that transforms how, what, and why students read while broadening interests and building knowledge.

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Woodinville High School

Sean Swanson — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:29:36 +0000

Star, a twelfth-grade student at Woodinville High School, part of the Northshore School District in Washington state, had struggled for years to build reading fluency and had difficulty with comprehension. As a result, Star did not enjoy reading. She began her senior year reading well below grade level, but used Reading Plus to gain five grade levels in less than one school year.

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EdSurge News: Lindsay Unified School District

Sean Swanson — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:01:24 +0000

Amalia Lopez became a high school English teacher because she thinks functional English is one of the greatest gifts you can give anyone trying to navigate life in the United States. So it may have been fate that she landed a job in the low-income, heavily immigrant California Central Valley community of Lindsay in 2009. That year, after decades as one of the most underperforming districts in the Valley, the Lindsay Unified School District was embarking on a bold and pioneering project to switch from a traditional education system to its own community-sourced, performance-based learning system. Out went A-F grading, social promotion and even the terms “student” and “teacher.” In came competency-based structures, student empowerment, and terms like “learner” and “learning facilitator.”

At the heart of the Lindsay system is literacy. “We view literacy as the wheel in the middle that every other spoke comes off of,” says Lopez, who now manages a $28 million federal grant that was awarded to the district in October of 2017 to develop teacher and leader capacity.

EdSurge recently asked Lopez to share insights into Lindsay’s transformation from a chronic underachiever to a nationally recognized model of competency-based education whose four-year college entrance rate is twice the national average for low-income communities. She discussed the role that Reading Plus, an adaptive reading intervention program, has played in her district’s literacy success. And she emphasized the impact of text choice on reading motivation and why that is especially powerful in a community where 75% of the residents are both English learners and living below the poverty line.

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Walatowa High Charter School

Sean Swanson — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:46:09 +0000

Closing the Achievement Gap for Native American Youth

Through a community-integrated experiential learning program, Walatowa High Charter School will prepare students to be academically successful, while promoting cultural awareness, community wellness, leadership, and college and career readiness.

Founded in 2002, Walatowa High Charter School is located on the Pueblo of Jemez Indian Reservation, a rural community about 45 miles northwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Walatowa High serves students from the Pueblo of Tsyia, Pueblo of Kewa Tribal communities, and students from the Jemez Valley Corridor of New Mexico. The school focuses on preparing students for academic success, while promoting cultural awareness, community wellness, and leadership. Walatowa offers a challenging pre-college curriculum and places an emphasis on post-secondary education and career readiness.

Nearly all students (98 percent), in grades 9–12, are Native American. Remarkably, this charter high school boasts a graduation rate of 91 percent, compared to a national average graduation rate of 50 percent for Native American students.

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