The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) released a new study indicating more Americans are reading prose fiction--the first significant increase in 26 years, according the report's authors. Of note to language arts educators is that the increase was especially significant in the 18-24 age range. It's good to know any students leave us with a desire to read. The NEA report falls short, perhaps, in recognizing the wealth of reading activity done by adults. Why? Because the study did not take into account the reading of nonfiction prose. Download a version of the report here or read an article about it here.
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- New Mexico Council of Teachers of English
- New Mexico State University Department of Curriculum and Instruction
- NM Language Arts Content Standards and Benchmarks
- Public Ed. Dept. Professional Licensure Unit
- Teach New Mexico (includes information on 3-tiered licensure and dossiers)
- Teaching Jobs in New Mexico
- Univ. of New Mexico Dept. of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies
- Univ. of New Mexico Secondary Education Program
Beyond New Mexico
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- 21st Century Literacies: What are they and why are they important?
- The Role of English Teachers in Educating English Language Learners
- Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High School
- Guidelines for Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read and Write Well
- The Effect of Grammar Instruction on Student Writing
- What Research Says about Writing
- What We Know About Adolescent Literacy
- The National Research Center on English Learning & Achievement
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