Charter network, Michigan
Literacy Across Language: A Charter Network’s Mission for Multilingual Learners
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Educators at a charter network in Michigan began using Lexia® products almost a decade ago in their quest to achieve differentiated instruction for a diverse student population with many multilingual learners.
While some multilingual students in the charter network have strong literacy skills in their native language, others don’t—and for some, it’s their first time going to school. Educational leaders across the schools embarked on a mission to help every student learn to read—especially their multilingual students. They knew language and literacy skills are transferable, and they just needed to find the right tools to make it happen.
For the curriculum director, one of the most critical features of a program is its ability to provide differentiated instruction. The organization needed a solution that would help students learn the foundational skills of English literacy regardless of their grade level, and that could adapt to the range of skill levels of their multilingual students. With students coming into the classroom at every ability level, educators were looking for a program that would help each student grow at their own pace.
Their solution? Lexia® Core5® Reading for elementary students and Lexia® PowerUp Literacy® for secondary students. Learn how their implementation has evolved throughout the years, and discover the growth educators across the network are seeing.