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Book Lovers Day: LitCon Keynote Jason Reynolds
Celebrate National Book Lovers Day by watching this interview with LitCon 2024 Keynote Speaker Jason Reynolds, where he joins The View to discuss banned books and how to pass on a loving of reading [...]
Rise to the Challenge: A Message from RRCNA President
By RRCNA President Debra Rich Greetings Reading Recovery Community, What a wonderful time to be a Reading Recovery, Literacy Lessons, Descubriendo la Lectura (DLL), or L'intervention préventive en lecture-écriture (IPLE) Teacher, Teacher Leader, Trainer, [...]
RRCNA Membership Spotlight: Celia Victoria
Learn about your colleagues from across the country who do whatever it takes as part of the Reading Recovery Community! Celia was able to attend LitCon this year because of a generous financial award [...]
Celebrating Diverse Paths to Literate Lives: The International Reading Recovery Institute
Last week, school was out, but the International Reading Recovery Institute was in! The Institute celebrated diverse paths to literate lives, with Reading Recovery leaders and educators from around the globe sharing their knowledge [...]
The Print, Not the Pictures, Contains the Message
By Laura Ramos & Mary Ann Arellano Descubriendo la Lectura (DLL) is designed for first graders having difficulty learning to read and write in classrooms where literacy instruction is in Spanish. For more [...]
RRCNA Membership Spotlight: Patricia Arce-Marin
Learn about your colleagues from across the country who do whatever it takes as part of the Reading Recovery Community! Patricia was able to attend LitCon this year because of a generous financial award [...]
What Works Clearinghouse again confirms positive outcomes for Reading Recovery
PRINTABLE VERSION COLUMBUS, OH, JUNE 28, 2023 – The What Works Clearinghouse, an investment of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) within the U.S. Department of Education, again confirmed the effectiveness of Reading Recovery during [...]
Announcing 2023 Teacher Leader Award Winner Heather Cherry
The Reading Recovery Council of North America is thrilled to announce Heather Cherry as the 2023 Teacher Leader Award recipient. Heather represents Broken Arrow Public Schools in Oklahoma. A graduate of Northeastern State University [...]
Dr. Sam Bommarito interviews Dr. Billy Molasso, Executive Director of RRCNA
Dr. Billy Molasso, Executive Director of RRCNA, discusses Reading Recovery and how research demonstrates that it really works: An interview conducted by Dr. Sam Bommarito Republished with permission of Dr. Sam Bommarito, [...]
Open Letter to the Biden Administration, USDOE, and Secretary of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona
Originally published June 19, 2023. Republished with permission by Paul Thomas, author of the blog Radical Scholarship. https://radicalscholarship.com/2023/06/19/open-letter-to-the-biden-administration-usdoe-and-secretary-of-education-secretary-miguel-cardona/ Reporting for NPR in 2018 about A Nation at Risk, Anya Kamenetz noted: When it appeared in April [...]
