Success Stories
Reading Apprenticeship at Dixon High School, in California’s Central Valley
Dixon High School, a “California Distinguished School,” could be called a Reading Apprenticeship "classic." Since 2001, teachers at this diverse school have made Reading Apprenticeship their signature professional development effort. Literacy test scores for all students, and especially for Latino and low-income students, have improved steadily and impressively. A brief video captures one of many classrooms where students’ close reading and collaborative problem solving are regular features. read more
Reading Apprenticeship in Washtenaw and Livingston Counties, Michigan
Since 2006, teams of teachers and teacher leaders across 49 middle and high schools in Washtenaw and Livingston Counties in Michigan have embedded Reading Apprenticeship routines into their classrooms. The result? Students are making two to ten times the gains in reading beyond the national norm. read more
Reading Apprenticeship at Dreher High School, Columbia, South Carolina
At Dreher High School in Columbia, South Carolina, it's safe to say that Reading Apprenticeship has been institutionalized. Five years after Dreher faculty and administrators first agreed to make a three-year commitment to Reading Apprenticeship professional development, they continue to re-up, month after month. It just may be that they see a connection with their students' continuing growth as independent readers and the school's impressive performance on statewide tests. read more
Reading Apprenticeship at Renton Technical College
"Reading Saves Lives!" declares one of the many posters advertising reading across the campus of this Seattle-area technical college. At Renton Technical College, faculty members have scaled up the implementation of Reading Apprenticeship to reach 53% of students in the college's 70+ workforce programs. Renton staff members attribute a sharp increase in student retention and completion rates to the wide adoption of Reading Apprenticeship. read more
Reading Apprenticeship in Chemistry Class at Skyline High School, Oakland, California
Viewers may be surprised by what they see in this video of students with average standardized test scores below the 10th percentile as they work with routines for making sense of chemistry concepts. Inexperienced readers though they are, these students are learning to generate their own questions from texts and to begin to answer them as they move into lab work. read more