Children’s Literacy Initiative®
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Posted On Dec 20, 2012 |
Dear Friends of CLI, I am pleased to announce that the William Penn Foundation has awarded Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) a $1 million grant to dramatically expand our proven model in Philadelphia public, charter and parochial schools.... -
Posted On Dec 7, 2012 |From a 2nd Grade Classroom “They went in the backyard and were looking for flies to catch. Then Ashley saw two flies pass her, and she screamed, ‘flies flies’ and they hurried to get them....
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Posted On Nov 29, 2012 |Recently, CLI presented at the Council of Great City Schools Conference in Indianapolis, IN. CLI’s CAO, Rahshene Davis’s, presentation was called "Building on the Strengths of Teachers: Improving Student Literacy Achievement in...
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Posted On Nov 9, 2012 |The Chicago Tribune recently published an article detailing CLI’s impact on increasing student literacy in Chicago. The article includes an interview with Cardenas principal Jeremy Feiwell and first-grade model teacher Marisela Aguirre...
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Posted On Nov 2, 2012 |The November issue of District Alignment highlighted the different parts of sustainable professional development: a culture of ongoing learning, empowering teachers, mixed approaches, administrator role, teaching the administrator and...
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Posted On Oct 26, 2012 |In 2012, the SAT Reading scores hit a four-decade low. For 57% of students taking the exam, their reading scores indicate that they may not be successful in college. Many experts attribute this record-low reading score to the...
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Posted On Oct 18, 2012 |Teacher Reflection: "This is a second grade student who came to my classroom as an average writer. She is an excellent reader, but lacked strong knowledge of story development and proper sentence mechanics. In October she published her...
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Posted On Oct 11, 2012 |“Sally and her brother sat in the house. The Cat in the Hat came to see them, and he did tricks. Thing 1 and Thing 2 came and they broke things. The cat in the hat fixed everything.” Teacher reflection: My...
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Posted On Oct 5, 2012 |In Texas, one teacher is taking the creation of a reading corner into his own hands. Joshua Michaelis, a teacher in Garland, Texas, at a Title I School recognized that very few of his students had a space to read and availability to grade...
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Posted On Sep 28, 2012 |
Last week, CLI Executive Director, Kelly Hunter, Ed.D., appeared live on HuffPost Live, a live-streaming network. The show hosted by Janet Varney also featured LeVar Burton from Reading Rainbow to discuss the importance of childhood literacy. The...