The literacy resources on this page, provided by the Kentucky Department of Education, are from Kentucky's Literacy Plan. They include links to professional development initiatives like the Kentucky Reading Project and the Adolescent Literacy Coaching Project. There are also links to specific grants for teacher training, in-classroom curriculum ideas, and information about national literacy initiatives. States and districts can use this page to model their own literacy resources and programs.
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Background and Context
Across the country states are struggling to establish sound literacy learning standards for adolescents and appropriate teacher preparation standards in literacy for teachers who will work with adolescents. At the secondary level, literacy should not only be addressed in the language arts curriculum, but it should play a central role in every subject area.
