Literacy as a Civil Right in the Past, Present and Future: Disciplinary Literacies as an Act of Advocacy, Liberation, and Community-Building

The Essential Instructional Practices for Disciplinary Literacy in the Secondary Classroom were presented to educational community 2016; this article, we look back at history and ahead classroom instruction present evolution of purpose practices disciplinary literacies. By examining literacy as a civil right throughout creation Literacy, path is revealed educators collaborate, differentiate professional learning, implement engage students with content knowledge foster real relevant literacies life.