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Improve Literacy with ELA Higher Learning Standards (Even if You Hate Them)
I was shocked by the immediate interest of students in reading my first book, Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother.
Then I learned teachers were actually using it to help students improve literacy.
First,…
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SO What is Literacy?
What is Literacy
After publishing my first book, Life After Birth- A Memoir of Survival and Success a Teenage Mother, I was amazed by how many students and educators were reading my story. A 5th grade guidance counselor told me that her students…