Focus on Adolescent Readers: RAN Programs and Resources

Adolescent literacy must be part of any society's long term strategy for reducing poverty and inequality, increasing productivity, enabling the use of new technologies, and creating and spreading knowledge.

The importance of primary education for development has been highlighted by its declaration as Millennium Development Goal No. 2 by the United Nations. Aadolescent reading plays a critical role asadolescent reading can be considered an “upstream” pre-condition in the sense that it determines whether other learning initiatives can actually be exercised.

The progressive development of the young individual cannot be achived by that individual unless they have received a certain minimum education, without which their access to their inherent potential remains illusory and theoretical.

As such, RAN offers a variety of resources to assist in developing intervention strategies for adolescent readers and, to support practicing teachers in their ongoing professional development.

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