White Paper Resources for Literacy Learning

Ensuring Literacy Instruction Meets the Needs of All Learners

With equitable literacy instruction, more students will have the skills they need for academic success and beyond. Learn how to better meet the needs of all learners.

Level Up: Embracing Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Pedagogy for Emergent Bilingual Students

Read this Insight to learn about instructional strategies that position Emergent Bilingual students’ cultures and linguistic knowledge as strengths and assets before emphasizing the impact that culturally sustaining practices can have on all students in diverse classrooms.

Embrace the Asset Model for the Benefit of All Students

Learn how all students can benefit from teachers who embrace a positive asset model that acknowledges and honors the individual student and builds upon what they do know rather than the skills they lack.

Standard English Is a Myth: Bringing an Asset-Based Approach to Accents

This Education Insight explains why standard English and its “non-accent” are myths. Learn about the detrimental effects of stigmatizing accents and ways to address accent bias in the classroom to bring us closer to educational equity.

When We Know Better, We Do Better: The Relationship Between Teacher Knowledge and Effective RTI

Teacher expertise makes all the difference. Learn how deep knowledge of the Response to Intervention framework helps teachers support all students as they develop the skills and strategies necessary to read and spell accurately and automatically

The Need for Research-Based Literacy Professional Learning

Why aren't the proven components of reading being taught to teachers before they enter the classroom? Learn the answer to this question and find out how to better prepare teachers with the knowledge and tools they need to improve literacy for every student.