Keywords
teaching reading, teacher training, reading development
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Experts like Louisa Moats and anyone who has recently completed LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) training, know that 95% of children can be taught to read (Louisa Moats, 2023). As a secondary educator, it’s tempting to see this statistic and ignore it. Surely, this must be someone else’s problem. In fact, if all goes according to plan in the world of elementary education, students become proficient at foundational reading skills before fourth grade, especially if one considers Kilpatrick’s work which establishes this benchmark for the development of advanced phonological awareness skills (Kilpatrick, 2015, p. 85). However, the problem we face as secondary teachers is simple: nothing ever goes according to plan.
Recommended Citation
Barney, Michelle A.
(2025)
"A Cohort of the Willing: How Secondary Schools Might Face the Literacy Crisis,"
The Utah English Journal: Vol. 53, Article 16.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/uej/vol53/iss1/16