A reader who has progressed through CARS & STARS Online won’t just be able to read a text, they’ll be able to determine why they think it was written and what the person who wrote it was trying to get them to think when they read it.
The Best Way to Combat Illiteracy is with Quality Early Reading Instruction
According to the World Literacy Foundation, around 1 in 5 people in the world are completely illiterate and an estimated 3 billion people today struggle with basic reading and writing. This can have flow-on effects to their economic security, health and social well-being. Fortunately, research shows that early reading intervention through quality programs can help arrest this negative spiral for future generations.
Reading Critically in the Age of Facebook
A central plank of the twelve reading strategies taught in CARS & STARS Online is the development of the ability in students to not just be more fluent readers, but more discerning ones as well. With CARS & STARS Online, students will become informed and literate consumers of media – better able to see through the hokum and distinguish the truth for themselves.
