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From the Current Issue:
Introducing a New NCTE Project: The National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE)
Listen to "Literacy: NCTE and the National Center for Literacy Education" with Kent Williamson, NCTE Executive Director and Project Director for the new National Center for Literacy Education (NCLE), and KaiLonnie Dunsmore, Associate Director of NCLE, as they talk about this new project of NCTE and the Ball Foundation. The National Center for Literacy Education brings together leading education associations, policy organizations, and foundations to support powerful learning about literacy and sustained school improvement. Education Talk Radio, October 18, 2010
Professional Learning Networks Spread at Grassroots
The Internet has made these networks possible across nations, and many teachers, students, and school districts are taking part in them. Education Week, October 24, 2011 October 24, 2011
Read the NCTE Policy Brief on Communities of Practice.
Connect to the EdWeek Open House this week and read their special report on virtual professional development.
Read the report Connect and Inspire.
In a Standardized Era, a Creative School Is Forced to Be More So
NCTE member Linda Rief says that while Oyster River Middle School has become obsessed with test prep for the state assessment, she will do test prep for 45 minutes this year and the rest of the time, she'll expose her students to critical learning opportunities. The New York Times, October 30, 2011 October 30, 2011
Read "The Power of Reading: Practices That Work," an interview with Linda Rief. Voices from the Middle, December 2000 December 2000
See Linda Rief presenting with Kylene Beers in Session N.04, “New Thoughts on Working with Struggling Readers and Writers," from 1:00 to 2:45 p.m., Sunday, November 20, at the NCTE Annual Convention in Chicago.
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