What Do K–12 Educators Need to Know About Literacy in the Digital Age?
Today’s classrooms must go beyond reading and writing skills.
As a former high school English teacher, I constantly find myself looking for the stories in the world around me. Whether they happen through social media platforms or face-to-face conversations, our stories define us. They help us understand ourselves and learn from each other.
However, this means that we must be able hear the stories around us and be literate enough to amplify them.
What Is Literacy for K–12 Students Today?
In some ways, literacy has become harder to define in 2025. When I was in high school, a teacher told me that if I could read and write, I could consider myself literate. When I think about the students that we serve today, I see that being literate is so much more than it once was.
DISCOVER: Literacy is important for K–12 STEM subjects.
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