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School to Prison Pipeline (or not)

Is there really a school to prison pipeline for struggling readers?

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A teen wearing a baseball cap sitting on a huge boulder overlooking a valley filled with evergreen trees. The boy looks tiny in a big world.

‘I don’t do education’

A woman from the Basic Skills Agency insisted, ‘You can’t just sit a young offender down at a table and teach them to read.’

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The back view of a man being arrested by 2 police officers at night with emergency lights in the background.

Where reading can take you

Choosing text for struggling readers – start with what they know and take them somewhere less familiar. Raise your expectations and see where reading can take you.

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