Teachers need strategies and skills to help students prepare to read difficult texts. Close reading is the set of skills that you use when the text is outside your comfort zone. An increasinglyknow levelled text is winning the day in our schools. Understanding how meaning is made, being able to deconstruct it - i think this helps students overcome challenges.
Doug Lemov of Uncommon School and co-author of Reading Reconsidered talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about reading. Lemov makes the case for the educational importance of critical reading of challenging books and texts. Along the way, he gives listeners some ideas of how to read themselves and gives parents some ideas for how to educate their children.