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Ross, Denise; Pinder, Glen; Coles-White, D'Jaris – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2015
Elementary charter schools increasingly serve students who are at-risk for reading challenges, giving them a critical role in establishing literacy for young children. This article examines the complexities of starting early childhood literacy programs in charter schools. Specifically, the first year of K-3 literacy programs in a new and a…
Descriptors: Barriers, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Influences
Campbell, Becky; Morton, Shirley; Rumschlag, Hella – Library Media Connection, 2011
Family Literacy Night is an exciting way to engage students and their parents in meaningful literacy activities while building community spirit and strengthening the partnership between school and home. It is an opportunity for students to show their parents what they do in school; how they create in the computer lab, how they work in the art…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family School Relationship, Partnerships in Education, School Community Programs
Kim, James S. – George Washington University Center for Equity and Excellence in Education, 2010
This paper has three goals. First, it describes the broader research on summer reading loss. Second, it discusses how research and development efforts informed the key components of Project READS (Reading Enhances Achievement During Summer), a scaffolded voluntary summer reading intervention for children in grades 3 to 5. The second part of the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Reading Programs, Models, Research and Development
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Fello, Susan E. – Reading Improvement, 2010
The International Reading Association (2003) has recently established new guidelines for graduate students enrolled in reading and literacy programs. These guidelines require graduate students to maintain direct contact with students during their coursework for advanced degrees. Field experiences support best practices in bridging the gap between…
Descriptors: Reading Consultants, Theory Practice Relationship, Field Experience Programs, Guidelines
Ayers, Jeremy; Miller, M. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009
Although a growing body of research points to the critical need to foster reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills for students in order to ensure their success in college, careers, and life, these efforts have tended to focus more on developing literacy skills in the early years, often ignoring secondary students. The outcome has…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Programs, Secondary School Students, Middle School Students
Booth, Nancy M.; Gonzales, Carla L. – Principal Leadership, 2009
Many high school teachers and administrators think that reading instruction belongs in the lower grades. But according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, only 31% of eighth graders read at or above the proficient level, which means that many are entering high school unprepared for its advanced textbook reading and language…
Descriptors: Non English Speaking, Reading Instruction, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
Laffey, James L. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Discusses the history and purpose of Projects to Advance Creativity in Education (PACE), gives an overview of 68 projects related to reading, and discusses the strenths and weaknesses of PACE reading projects. (MD)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Program Descriptions, Program Development, Reading Programs
Howington, Estelle U. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Traces the organization and development of a central county reading clinic with facilities for diagnosis, remediation, and teacher training to supplement 30 satellite clinics in individual schools. (MD)
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Program Development, Reading Centers, Reading Programs
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Criscuolo, Nicholas P. – Reading Teacher, 1971
Describes six kinds of inservice reading programs recently conducted in the New Haven public schools. (MB)
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Participant Satisfaction, Program Descriptions, Program Development
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Sanacore, Joseph – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1995
Discusses why a visiting authors' program is important. Offers suggestions on how to organize a visiting authors' program. Notes also the political realities of such programs. (SR)
Descriptors: Authors, Politics of Education, Program Descriptions, Program Development
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Olsen, Turee – Journal of Reading, 1975
Describes the purposes and programs of the national Right to Read effort. (RB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Models, Program Descriptions
Dramer, Dan – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Developmental Reading, English Literature, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Dillard, Mary L. – Forum for Reading, 1987
Offers a broad overview of the developmental reading program at Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana. Discusses the unwritten and written course goals, the administration of the reading program, and four aspects of the organization (courses, conferences, evaluation, and use of support services). (MS)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Administration, Program Descriptions, Program Design
McGuire, Marion – 1973
The New England Consortium for the Right to Read Plan of Action is designed to assist participating school systems in meeting the national Right to Read goals by 1980. The purpose of the New England project differs from that of most projects in that it seeks to eliminate the possibility of failure rather than to deal with failure after it occurs.…
Descriptors: Criteria, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Program Descriptions
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1979
This booklet is one of eight developed both as resource guides to assist Wisconsin public schools in offering quality reading instruction and as models for improvement where there is a need for change. This third booklet offers a rationale for establishing local reading advisory councils and lists both the functions and limitations of such…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annotated Bibliographies, Community Action, Program Descriptions
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