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Tablets, Smartphones Influence Reading Instruction
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Tablets, Smartphones Influence Reading Instruction

The number of games, apps, and software to help students learn to read and increase their literacy skills is growing fast, and the tools themselves are becoming more interactive and animated. (February 7, 2013)

Spotlight on Reading Instruction

This Spotlight focuses on research on what works in teaching reading and successful tools and tactics already at work in classrooms.

Spotlight on Middle and High School Literacy

Many educators are learning that it's not just young children who need help with literacy skills.

Spotlight on Creating Readers

Reading is considered a bedrock skill in the overall process of learning.

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The Book Whisperer Blog

09/30 09:28 am | The Next Chapter | Donalyn Miller says goodbye to The Book Whisperer blog and invites you to continue thinking and learning about reading instruction.

BookMarks Blog

07/26 12:41 pm | K-12 Publishers Will Sell Textbooks via Google Play | Google announces a partnership with five major publishers to offer textbooks for sale or rent through its Play store.

On-Demand Webinar

Reading Interventions: When Core Instruction Isn't Enough
Two instructional intervention experts provided research-based guidance for planning and implementing reading interventions to meet the varying needs of students.

PD Webinar

Developing Young Readers With CAFE Book Authors Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
In this webinar, the authors provided a brief overview of the CAFE system, and discussed a systemized approach to reading instruction.

Special Collection

Getting Creative About Literacy
This issue of the Teacher PD Sourcebook aims to highlight instructional efforts that bring reading and writing to life for today's students.

PD Direcotry

The Professional Development Directory features courses and resources for teachers on:
English / Reading
Writing

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More than one-third of the recent fiscal 2011 cuts to the U.S. Department of Education's budget came from literacy programs.
March 14, 2011 - Education Week
Federal lawmakers slashed funds for the Striving Readers program this week, but new results from a pilot study show that students are making gains.
March 4, 2011 | Updated: March 24, 2012 - Education Week
To improve reading skills, many teachers are relying on technologies they already have rather than new tools and software programs.
February 4, 2011 - Digital Directions
Harvard University has announced plans for an open, distributed digital network that represents a consensus of the country's libraries, universities, archives, and museums.
February 4, 2011 - Digital Directions
Sandra Stotsky explains why America's stalled reading scores are the result of a "fragmented" literature curriculum and a "neglect" of close reading.
December 6, 2010 - Education Week
Deciding who should teach the goals of language arts instruction is as ambiguous as ever, writes Rafael Heller.
August 20, 2010 - Education Week
August 10, 2010 - Education Week
Policymakers may be overlooking one promising route to improving the literacy of low-income children, writes Susan B. Neuman.
August 9, 2010 - Education Week
Pressure to raise graduation rates has led some high schools to defy common sense in their approach to educating immigrant and English-learning students, writes Ellen Balleisen.
July 20, 2010 - Education Week
In English and language arts, the new common-core standards will provide a set of universal expectations from which all local planning, comparison, and improvement can flow, argues high school teacher H. Ogden Morse.
June 25, 2010 - Education Week

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