Nearly all students from low鈥慽ncome households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Graphic novels help reluctant readers improve reading comprehension. When images are used along with text students are able to engage in learning and decode tough vocabulary. Utilizing popular cultural elements of contemporary students demonstrates to the students that their lives and interests are respected by their teachers. This demonstration of respect can help students to be more receptive to other curriculum content. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not talking about co-opting superficial trappings of youth,鈥 says Nancy Frey, herself a teacher and author of Using Graphic Novels, Anime, and the Internet in an Urban High School. 鈥淲hat we are talking about is acknowledging to our students that we care about their interests and recognize the value of their contributions to the classroom community.鈥
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Graphic novels help reluctant readers improve reading comprehension. When images are used along with text students are able to engage in learning and decode tough vocabulary. Utilizing popular cultural elements of contemporary students demonstrates to the students that their lives and interests are respected by their teachers. This demonstration of respect can help students to be more receptive to other curriculum content. 鈥淲e鈥檙e not talking about co-opting superficial trappings of youth,鈥 says Nancy Frey, herself a teacher and author of Using Graphic Novels, Anime, and the Internet in an Urban High School. 鈥淲hat we are talking about is acknowledging to our students that we care about their interests and recognize the value of their contributions to the classroom community.鈥