Students compulsorily should go to college in order to succeed in society as an adult, but the students do not get the correct information about what is required to succeed in higher education. The knowledge and skills that are taught in high schools are different from college entrance and placement requirements.

Students, especially black, Latino and Native American youth and students of low socio-economic status drop out of advanced mathematics. Teachers must coordinate their expectations, their knowledge of students and their teaching practices in order to stop struggling students from dropping out of advanced math classes.

Students' success in high school depends on the subjects selected in middle school, which in turn influences the choice of subjects in college. Some of the steps that Mamaroneck Union Free School District has undertaken to improve academic performance of students, especially minority ones, are improving school facilities, introducing a new math…

The sharing of all decisions with school staff helps by getting collective wisdom of staff members making the system more effective. Teachers should be trusted to make decisions about organization, which affect their lives and the lives of students by involving them in committees like safety committee, parent advisory board and budget committee.

Reading fluency has taken a front seat in discussions about student reading success and effective instruction in reading. The dimensions of reading fluency is discussed, which indicates that it is an important factor in reading education.

The research on beginning reading instruction for English language learners that provides several useful guidelines for policy and practice is presented. Research suggests that bilingual programs usually improve the English reading performances of English language learners.

The founders of the family academy developed a powerful curriculum for struggling readers. The element of the powerful program that was born from research, from experience and from staying carefully attuned to young children is presented.

Preschoolers enthusiastically tackle reading when they get to read and share their "special" words. The author, a preschool teacher, describes a successful classroom strategy for helping students make the connection between print and meaning. As students develop word lists that have special meaning for them and then use these words in stories and…

Vocabulary is the hallmark of an educated person as it not only promotes reading comprehension but also enables to actively participate in the society. The four practices that teachers can use to expand students' vocabularies and improve their reading are presented.

Research demonstrates that students learn to read words in contextual guessing, letter-sound decoding, analogy, and insight. The reading subtest results had demonstrated that the students in the word detectives group read significantly more words correctly than the students in the benchmark word identification program.

Every student is directly enabled to experience the full majesty and power of the literacy lion. Strategies for multiple intelligences that can help generate reading strategies specifically tailored to students are presented.

Libraries await their uncertain fate as they transform literacy development and the vital service they provide to the needy children in the nation. If we let the libraries die, then the hopes of young generation will slip away as they will be left without access to necessary support.

The recent findings on the prevention and remediation of reading failure are overlooked. A multitiered approach involving high quality classroom instruction and small group interventions can substantially reduce the proportion of students who struggle to read.

Instructional reforms are essentially worthwhile as they help students improve their reading from 13th percentile to the 25th or 34th percentile. Only with an expansion of expert tutoring, the goal of all students reading on grade level can be achieved.

Research indicates that family literacy programs can provide opportunities for educational success for parents and children. The benefits reaped by the children in family literacy workshops are presented.