More than a third of students from low鈥慽ncome households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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With these books, my students and I will be able to delve into a story that has diverse representation of people, places, and ideas. Too often, English teachers fall back on teaching "classic" literature that is often outdated, Eurocentric, and less accessible to students.
I want my students to see their own lives, problems, and realities represented in the texts that we read. Nothing engages a student in a book more than when they can relate to it and learn from it at the same time. As I work with many reluctant readers, I believe that diversifying our classroom reading to make it more accessible and meaningful to students could increase their engagement greatly.
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With these books, my students and I will be able to delve into a story that has diverse representation of people, places, and ideas. Too often, English teachers fall back on teaching "classic" literature that is often outdated, Eurocentric, and less accessible to students.
I want my students to see their own lives, problems, and realities represented in the texts that we read. Nothing engages a student in a book more than when they can relate to it and learn from it at the same time. As I work with many reluctant readers, I believe that diversifying our classroom reading to make it more accessible and meaningful to students could increase their engagement greatly.