Ala. Reading Intervention Stands Test of Time

                                              

CHAT (Live)

How Alabama Coaches Up 

Early-Grades Reading Instruction

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Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 2 to 3 p.m. ET

http://www.edweek.org/ew/events/chats/2015/05/26/chat-how-alabama-coaches-up-early-grades-reading.html
Panelists for today's chat:
Building Coaches: Christy Mathews and Daphne McClendon
Alabama Reading Initiative's Regional Coach, Tim Cobb   

Article    By Stephen Sawchuk 

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/05/13/ala-reading-intervention-stands-test-of-time.html 

Kindergartners Jaylen Rivers, Jalisha Lee, and KenmaJ Shell, left to right, practice literacy skills with their teacher, Diane Daniel, at Southside Primary School in Selma, Ala. Educators credit teacher professional development for the state’s reading gains. —Julie Bennett for Education Week

"Alabama has made a huge commitment to literacy, and we feel that we've gotten a return on our investment," said Judy Stone, an Alabama education department official who serves as the state's ARI coordinator.