Students who develop proficient reading skills are more likely to experience positive outcomes both in and beyond the school setting. If students start developing strong literacy skills at a young age, they are more likely to perform well in school and achieve academic success. Despite ongoing efforts to support students' development of reading…

Introduction: The perceived information needs of teachers who specialize in reading instruction for at-risk first graders were studied and related to frameworks for the role of social context in information needs, seeking and use. The frameworks considered were: disciplinarity, role theory in work settings, small worlds and information grounds and…

Article is an interview with Mary Austin, author of "The First R" and "The Torchlighters". (GB)

Author considers two of the major issues in reading debated in the sixties: how to start; when to start. (GB)

An assessment (funded by ESEA/Title V) was made of the reading programs, practices, and personnel in the New England public schools. The data derived from questionnaire responses are given in three survey sections: elementary, secondary, and consultant/supervisor. A discussion of the responses of elementary school principals; kindergarten, first-,…

Suggests that reading specialists should give advice to other teachers, as well as to students. (MKM)

Suggests ways to expand the role of reading teacher in the school reading program. (MKM)

Describes how the author evolved from an isolated reading specialist to a resource person available to all teachers and pupils. (MKM)

A discussion of how educational technologists work with reading specialists and learning theorists to design reading programs and curricula. (Author)

Published originally in 1952, the bulletin "How Children Learn to Read" was the first in a series designed to illustrate the philosophy and principles set forth in The Place of Subjects in the Curriculum, Bulletin 1949, No. 12. It was planned to describe as simply as possible, especially for inexperienced teachers and for parents, the process of…