How My California Middle School Uses Glyphs to Teach English Learners to Read
In this piece for The 74 Media, Principal Gerrett Suárez lays out the stark reality facing students at Firebaugh Middle School in California, where 98% of the student body is Hispanic and 30% are English learners. At an educational level when students are expected to read for comprehension, many of Firebaugh’s middle schoolers are still acquiring the fundamental building blocks of #literacy—even in their primary language. Most of their teachers are likewise learning how to help with #reading development. Then the district discovered an unusual approach to adolescent literacy: Readable English, which incorporates a pronunciation guide centered on 21 glyphs.
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