Tag Archives: literacy

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Pediatricians Use Video Tools to Help Children Get Ready to Read

The pediatrician’s office is becoming a new player in helping children learn foundational skills for communication, language development, and eventually reading.But a project in New York is taking this concept

Introducing Seeding Reading: Investing in Children’s Literacy in a Digital Age

Today’s children are surrounded by digital media of all kinds. How will they ever learn to read?That question is at the heart of Seeding Reading: Investing in Children’s Literacy in

National Conference on Family Literacy

The nation’s largest family and community literacy conference, presented by The National Center for Families Learning. Gather with family literacy professionals, educators, researchers, advocates, coalition members, and policy makers from

Our Favorite Children’s Books

To celebrate Children’s Book Week, the oldest literacy initiative in the country, we asked Cooney Center staff members to reflect on their favorite children’s books: the books whose spines we

D Is For Digital: New Vast Wasteland Or Learning Oasis?

The Cooney Center’s Executive Director Michael Levine and the New America Foundation’s Lisa Guernsey will present the keynote address at Ready at Five’s  D Is For Digital School Readiness Symposium. Together,

Games & The Common Core: Two Movements That Need Each Other

Recently in one day, I witnessed two expert panels discussing critical issues for our educational system: the first one was on implementing the Common Core for English-language learners, the second

National Conference on Family Literacy

Hosted by the National Center for Family Literacy, this event invites literacy professionals, educators, policy makers, and philanthropists to discuss approaches, resources, and strategies in literacy and learning. This year

No More Reading Wars! Getting Ahead of the Transition From Print to Digital Books

This piece originally appeared in the Huffington Post on May 29, 2012. When it comes to learning to read well, the U.S. is locked in a stubborn cycle of conflict.

Got Poem in Pocket?

Is that a poem in your pocket? What was your favorite poem from childhood? Do you, like me, occasionally shudder with the echoes of an older brother who could recite

Writer’s Quest – Explore New Worlds. Read.

A brief message from our friends at Reading Rockets and AdLit.org who are working with the Library of Congress and the Ad Council to help support the Explore New Worlds. Read. It