Response to "The Measure of Our Success"

This chapter is something all teachers should read; no matter their endorsement. The mindset that literacy means reading simple sentences and also being able to write has expired. On page 7, Beers talks about the progression of the idea of literacy from colonial America up to the end of WWII. Since then we have been in a rut and that is keeping students from reaching their full potential. In today's classrooms, schools need to understand that literacy means a whole lot more than reading and writing their names. I feel like the Technology class here at Olivet is very useful in this situation because we have been exposed to so many different mediums to teach with that students can relate as well as stay involved. We, as teachers, need to meet the students where they are at as opposed to forcing every student to attempt to learn the same way. That is why some students fall through the cracks in a school system based on lectures and tests.