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Download full textFischer, Adrienne; Syverson, Eric – Education Commission of the States, 2020
Children should develop literacy skills that progress from learning to read to reading to learn as they move from kindergarten through early elementary. These skills support reading proficiency and build knowledge in all subject areas. Students who struggle with literacy skills as early as kindergarten often continue to read below grade level…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Emergent Literacy, Early Childhood Education, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedVelez, Lana – Inquiry, 2012
This author organized and taught the new ENG 09/111 classes at her college, as well as authoring the course text and workbook. English 09/111 offers a unique opportunity for students who are not quite ready for freshmen composition, but more than likely do not need an entire semester of developmental English. In this article, she details the…
Descriptors: Courseware, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Two Year Colleges
Direct linkMarrah, Arleezah; Mills, Roxanne – Library Media Connection, 2011
This article describes the Librarianship Upgrades for Children and Youth Services (LUCY), a multifaceted multicultural continuing education program for librarians developed by the Library and Information Science Program at Old Dominion University. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funds LUCY through the Laura Bush 21st century…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Continuing Education, Young Adults, Cultural Pluralism
Virginia Department of Education, 2011
Virginia's "College and Career Ready English Performance Expectations" grade 12 capstone course contains high-interest contextualized content designed to give certain students an additional boost for competent and successful entry into college and careers. The course will add to students' preparation for critical reading, college and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Grade 12, Educational Objectives, Behavioral Objectives
Long, Thomas Lawrence – Inquiry, 2009
Two national studies of Americans' changing reading habits, published by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), quantified the grounds for concerns that college and university educators have expressed in recent years based on their own anecdotal evidence from observing students. "Reading at Risk: A Survey of Literary Reading in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Reading Habits, Reading Comprehension, Reading Skills
Virginia Department of Education, 2007
The Standards of Learning in this publication represent a major development in public education in Virginia. Adopted in February 2007 by the Virginia Board of Education, these standards emphasize the importance of foreign language instruction in the Commonwealth and, therefore, are an important part of Virginia's efforts to provide challenging…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Languages, Language Skills, Course Content
