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EDITOR'S PICKS
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Editor's Pick  Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA)
Resources for teaching children to read, including FAQs and a professional development guide. GO >
Editor's Pick  Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers
National Research Council report on the education of children ages 2-5. Suggests ways to improve early childhood education in preschool programs, child care centers, and other settings. GO >
Editor's Pick  Early Reading and Scientifically-Based Research
A presentation from the February 2003 National Title I Directors' Conference. GO >
Editor's Pick  Language arts
Search thousands of lesson ideas, learning activities, and instructional materials on language arts. GO >
Editor's Pick  Language arts
Teaching and learning resources on language arts from the Library of Congress, National Archives, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Park Service, Peace Corps, Smithsonian, and other federal agencies. GO >
Editor's Pick  National Center for Early Development and Learning (NCEDL)
Find research and links to resources related to the cognitive, social, and emotional development of children (birth-8). GO >
Editor's Pick  National Reading Panel
Publications, press releases, congressional testimony, and FAQs on effective methods used to teach children to read. GO >
Editor's Pick  Organizations that can help
Organizations that provide information or assistance related to reading and language arts. GO >
Editor's Pick  Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
Landmark report on reading from the National Research Council. Examines the process of learning to read, predictors of reading success and failure, preventing difficulties before kindergarten, instructional and organizational strategies, helping children with reading difficulties, and recommendations for practice and research. GO >
Editor's Pick  Publications
ED publications on reading -- what research says, how to help children become strong readers, and what to look for in early reading programs. GO >
Editor's Pick  Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read
Addresses five areas: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. GO >
Editor's Pick  Research-Based Instruction in Reading
A presentation from the October 2002 Student Achievement and School Accountability Conference. GO >
Editor's Pick  Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success
This guide, developed by the National Research Council, explains how children learn to read and how adults can help them. GO >
Editor's Pick  Teaching Children to Read
The April 2000 National Reading Panel Report outlines the most effective approaches to teaching children to read, the status of the research on reading, and reading instruction practices that are ready to be used by teachers in classrooms. GO >
Editor's Pick  Teaching Reading is Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers Should Know and Be Able to Do
This report reviews the reading research and describes the knowledge base that is essential for teacher candidates and practicing teachers to master if they are to be successful in teaching all children to read well. GO >
Editor's Pick  Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Preschool Teachers, Child Care and Family Providers
This booklet draws from scientifically-based research about what can be done to help children to develop their language abilities, increase their knowledge, become familiar with books and other printed materials, learn letters and sounds, recognize numbers and learn to count. GO >
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