Welcome to Reading Recovery initiative in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education

The goal of this initiative is to focus on developing highly effective teachers and resources for schools for improving the reading and writing abilities of students.

Funding has been provided through an award from the U.S. Department of Education, under award number U215K090094, for the Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE) Program. The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the federal government.

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Administrators' Institute

Leadership for Accelerating Growth and Eliminating the Achievement Gap: The Power of a K–3 Comprehensive Literacy Plan

Administrators' Institute

for district superintendents and executive staff, principals, and other school administrators

September 27–28, 2010 at The Capital Hilton in Washington, DC

Keynote videos and presentation handouts available soon

Download the Preview Brochure (PDF)

Institute Overview

The Institute focused on implementing effective literacy learning in school systems, with a program organized around the "Four Assurances" that are serving as cornerstones of the USDE's efforts to jumpstart meaningful school reform:

Adopting rigorous standards that prepare students for success in college and the workforce;
Recruiting and retaining effective teachers, especially in classrooms where they are needed most;
Turning around chronically low-performing schools; and
Building data systems to track student achievement and teacher effectiveness.

Keynote Speakers

Gene Wilhoit, executive director, Council of Chief State School Officers
Victoria Bernhardt, executive director, Education for the Future and professor, California State University-Chico Department of Professional Studies in Education
Richard Elmore, co-director, Harvard Graduate School of Education Doctor of Education Leadership Program and director, Consortium for Policy Research in Education
John Easton, director, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
Ellin Nolan, president, Washington Partners, LLC

Discussion Highlights

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy
How Reading Recovery Fits into a Comprehensive Literacy Plan
Analyzing and Using Data for Systemic Improvement of Literacy Instruction
How Schools Develop the Capacity to Deliver High-Quality Instruction and Demonstrate Accountability
Powerful Professional Learning
Schools as Learning Organizations: Establishing Conditions that Facilitate Effective Literacy Learning
Federal Funding and Legislation Update