What happens when a university collaborates with a high school to improve the literacy skills of secondary students across disciplines? In an article titled “Redesigning Reading in and for the Disciplines” Dr. Kathryn Glasswell, Dr. Chistina Madda, and Dr. Nicky Glasswell discuss doing this very thing and the result was an innovative learning strategy called Paired Wide Reading. Today, Matthew Sroka chats with one member of this study, Dr. Kathryn Glasswell, about what Paired Wide Reading is, why it’s effective, and how teachers of all content areas can start using this strategy in their own classrooms.  Kath Glasswell is an English, Scottish, Kiwi, Australian academic who has lived and worked in the United States. She has a strong international reputation for developing research-rich, practice-led, industry-engaged partnerships that deliver high impact literacy outcomes. Kath has successful experience in leading teams for research, teacher education and school engagement across six universities in three countries. She has spent over two decades investigating the teaching of literacy, and helping teachers master differentiated literacy practice that supports all learners to success. Her passion is supporting schools to find socially just, robust solutions to everyday problems of practice. One of the most important things to know about Kath is that she loves classroom teaching. She is often to be found co-teaching in schools, working with kids and teachers. There is nothing she enjoys more than thinking together with teachers as they design and test new models of teacher and student learning.    Related Article:“Redesigning Reading in and for the Disciplines”

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