Warming up before you exercise is considered a really good idea. It allows your body to prepare for the workout ahead – you stretch your muscles, you increase your heart rate and you are able to “get in the mindset” and prepare for your workout. Warming up is also important for students before you read aloud to them and taking …
2015 NAEP Results: A Red Flag
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recently released the results of the 2015 Nation’s Report Card for 4th and 8th grade students. In the NAEP reading assessment, students’ reading comprehension is measured by reading grade-appropriate materials and answering questions based on the selection they read. The type of texts students read are literacy (fiction, literary nonfiction, and poetry) and …
Michael Jordan Supports Children’s Literacy Initiative’s Work in Chicago Public Schools to Improve Student Reading Achievement
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16, 2015 — Basketball great Michael Jordan selected national nonprofit Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI) for a one-time gift to support CLI’s work in Chicago Public Schools to get more city children reading proficiently by 3rd grade. Jordan picked CLI as one of 23 Chicago-area, children-related charities to which he is making a one-time gift from his net proceeds from a recent …
CLI to Use $19.5M Grant to Reach More Students in New Markets
“The CLI program produces substantial effects on teachers’ classroom environment and literacy practices, which in turn, lead to measurable effects on average reading achievement in early elementary grades.” That was American Institutes for Research’s conclusion after its three-year impact evaluation of Children’s Literacy Initiative’s five-year, federally funded project in 38 schools across four, low-performing urban school districts. Now CLI is …
From the Field: Success With Writer’s Workshop
“From the Field” is a collection of short, inspiring and heart-warming classroom anecdotes contributed by our professional developers as they work in classrooms across the country. Names of teachers and students have been changed. Even though the Thanksgiving holiday has passed, it’s still a great time for reflection. While many of us working at CLI do not work directly in classrooms, I am …
Children’s Literacy Initiative Receives $19.5 Million Federal Innovation Grant
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16, 2015 — Children’s Literacy Initiative (CLI), a national nonprofit focused on strengthening literacy in early education, will receive nearly $19.5 million from the 2015 Investing in Innovation (i3 grant) competition from the U.S. Department of Education. This is the second time that CLI has received a prestigious i3 grant. The award comes after a study from the American Institutes …
Helping Your Readers Build Stamina
What do the following people have in common: a runner completing a marathon, a long-distance swimmer crossing the English Channel and a second grader reading for 20 minutes? Stamina, that’s what! Just as athletes train each and every day to go farther, to be stronger, and to reach their athletic goals, children need to train in their own way to reach …
Uncover, Discover, and Recover
Data can be scary but it doesn’t have to be. As a researcher, we are concerned with things like validity, reliability, sample size, and statistical significance among other things, but data needs to be valuable to those who are using it in practice. Data may present frightening findings, but it can be helpful in facilitating discussions on improving practice and student …
From the Field: Message Time Plus & Building Reading Skills
This article is the first of an ongoing series entitled From the Field. Short, inspiring and heart-warming classroom anecdotes contributed by our professional developers as they work in classrooms across the country. Names of teachers and students have been changed. In the beginning of the school year, little Julie was a new kindergartner in Ms. Smith’s classroom. Julie was always …
CLI to Present at the “Education Innovation Briefing” on Capitol Hill
Evidence at Work: Success Stories from Federal Investments in Education Innovation Hosted by the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, with support from The Annie E. Casey Foundation Thursday, October 29, 2015 | 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Capitol Visitor Center, SVC-209-08 How can we leverage federal investments in education innovation to expand opportunities and …