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UK College of Education to offer summer K-8 literacy course

The University of Kentucky's  College of Education Department will offer a professional learning opportunity this summer that includes a week-long “compressed” graduate level course designed specifically for K-8 reading and language arts teachers. It course will  focus on improving professional practice in reading instruction, intervention and assessment. It will concentrate on developing skills to effectively use assessment to drive all phases of [...]

By |2012-05-30T14:50:34-04:00May 31, 2012|

‘Letters About Literature’ call for student entries

Letters About Literature (LAL), a national reading and writing promotion program of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, invites young readers in grades 4-12 to enter this year’s LAL letter-writing competition. The contest challenges young readers to write a personal letters of reflection to authors that have changed their view of the world. LAL awards prizes [...]

By |2011-10-26T11:05:05-04:00October 27, 2011|

First Lady Jane Beshear announces 2011 Fall Reading List

In an effort to increase youth readership, First Lady Jane Beshear announced her Top 10 Fall Reads as a part of the First Lady’s Reading Recommendations Initiative.  Beshear introduced the Reading Recommendations program in the summer of 2009 and issues reading lists four times per year.  2011 Fall Reading List It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, by Charles M. Schulz [...]

By |2011-09-28T13:04:16-04:00September 29, 2011|
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