subject: Implications for Teaching, Research, and Policy [print this page] Even though adolescent literacy instruction in the U.S. remains woefully underfunded and itself marginalized, teachers like Cindy Ryan and students like Terrance renew our resolve and shift our vision. Imagine what could happen if we assisted secondary schools to build on the small gains documented for literacy interventions thus far, to create and sustain comprehensive programs that address all students' literacy needs, including those who struggle. To do so would be to address a fundamental Omega Replica Watches human right of U.S. adolescents. To come to see themselves as thriving readers, young people who struggle with reading have a right to expert instruction that treats them as capable and competent, and that helps them to use existing competencies to develop the knowledge, dispositions, and strategies needed for academic and life success.
