The New York City Department of Education recently integrated the philosophy of Advanced Literacy into their Instructional Leadership Framework (ILF), which focuses on teaching in linguistically diverse communities and instruction across content areas — all centered around four literacy hallmarks.

How is this different from other approaches to literacy? How are schools adopting Advanced Literacy, and are their efforts making an impact?

Special guest:
Selin Alicanoglu, Flushing High School

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