According to a Gallup analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education, "About 130 million adults in the U.S. have low literacy skills. This means more than half of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 (54%) read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level." Whether you are an English teacher or not, if you work with students in class, you know there is a desperate need for improved reading skills among our students. As an English teacher, my students read a lot, and they read as many types of texts as possible. It seems that the … [Read more...]