Massachusetts Schools Expanding Literacy Emphasis Beyond English Classes

The Boston Globe (4/8, Plumb) reports that a "new system of note-taking, introduced in January, is part of a comprehensive effort across" Massachusetts "to improve literacy among older students - and not just in English class" but in math and science classes as well. According to the Globe, "Contrary to the past, when the expectation was that students would be proficient readers midway through elementary school and no longer need separate lessons, these days literacy is strategically being woven through all subjects in all grades."