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Master's Thesis: Not Yet College-Ready The Failure of Standardized Writing Curricula and Proposed Adaptations

Garrard, Anne Elizabeth
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Education—Curricula—United States, English language—Composition and exercises—Study and teaching, Critical pedagogy, Culturally relevant pedagogy, Academic writing—Study and teaching—United States
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This thesis project discusses the discrepancy between Common Core State Standards’ aim to produce “college-ready” writers and the reality of the growing trend of college students who “can’t write” according to professors and instructors. Using previously published literature on the same and similar topics and the theoretical frameworks of Freire (2000), Ladson-Billings (1994), and Christensen (2017), this project presents examples of potential ways to adopt and revise the existing ELA curriculum in Shelby County Schools to better support growth in student writing.
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