All Teachers Can Improve Reading | Ideas for Making School Better | Disciplinary Literacy | And More

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Students need to understand how to read, write, and reason within each discipline. That means every teacher should have the tools to improve reading, experts say.  

Educators share nine ideas for how administrators can make life better for teachers and create a better learning environment for students. 

Students need to learn how to read in different disciplines. One expert shares the research behind disciplinary literacy and how it fits into schools’ larger goals on reading.  

Read on for these and more of this week’s most popular stories.

1. What Happens When Every Teacher in a School Has the Tools to Improve Reading?
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