Learning to love text complexity
ELA teacher and literacy expert Carol Jago talks about the difference between readability and Lexile levels — and true text complexity.
Author and historian Leonard Marcus talks about how in the 1930s, progressive educators encouraged a new kind of picture book for children, one that focused on a child’s real life and surroundings.
Writer and historian Leonard Marcus discusses how graphic novels open the possibility of children who don’t see themselves as readers in the traditional sense, having a way into books.
