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<br /> LITERACY TODAY<br /> January/February 2021<br /> Volume 38, Issue 4<br /> The Bright<br /> Future<br /> Ahead<br /> · Meet Dwayne Reed and<br /> his fellow ILA 2021<br /> 30 Under 30 honorees<br /> · The recipients of<br /> ILA's 2020 awards<br /> and grants<br /> · Embracing<br /> post–COVID-19<br /> opportunities<br /> NEW! ILA's Instructional<br /> Practices Collection<br /> ILA's new Instructional Practices collection offers a framework of effective, easy-to-implement,<br /> and research-supported practices in four critical categories:<br /> Ŷ Families and Communities<br /> Ŷ Literacy Teaching and Teachers<br /> Ŷ Schools and Schooling<br /> Ŷ Student Learning<br /> The collection is an exclusive ILA member resource, with a new practice added each week.<br /> Join ILA now to gain access to the growing collection.<br /> literacyworldwide.org/practices<br /> ontents<br /> 2 EDITO<a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=1"> LITERACY TODAY January/February 2021 Volume 38, </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=2"> NEW! ILA's Instructional Practices Collection </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=3"> ontents 2 EDITOR'S NOTE 4 LIT BITS </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=4"> EDITOR'S NOTE Colleen Patrice Clark Managing Ed</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=5"> Next Professional Interactive Learning The Next</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=6"> LIT BITS 20 Research Articles for 2020 While we </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=7"> Digital Events We closed out 2020 with two free </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=8"> ILA UPDATE From Challenge to Opportunity </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=9"> ILA DIGITAL EVENTS Online Learning. Online Resour</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=10"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Lara Deloza (ldeloza @readin</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=11"> no matter when an educator first watched a sessio</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=12"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Molly Ness (molly @drmollyne</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=13"> their homes, schools, or communities. Every year,</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=14"> LITERACY LEADERSHIP Alejandro Gonzalez Ojeda (a</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=15"> When distance learning disrupted scho</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=16"> As a leader, Forehand acknowledged th</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=17"> New Titles for Teachers, by Teachers </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=18"> RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE Dani Kachorsky (danilynfi</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=19"> Typographical features included chara</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=20"> and discuss how they can contribute to understand</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=21"> Making sense of the science of reading instructio</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=22"> RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE Lisa Sobolak (lisas @scsc</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=23"> yearlong I-Search project, which is a student-led</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=24"> Making the shift Differentiated instruction is bo</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=25"> Teaching During 2020? </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=26"> COVER STORY NEXT GEN Dwayne Reed, Chicago Publ</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=27"> Saurabh Anand, 28 Graduate Student Research Assis</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=28"> Candace Chambers, 27 CEO, Educational Writing Ser</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=29"> Cedric Christian Ngnaoussi Elongué, 27 Founder/Ex</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=30"> Patrick Harris, 27 Humanities Teacher, The Roeper</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=31"> educational practices. Last summer, she was a Joh</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=32"> Jigyasa Labroo, 28 Founder/CEO, Slam Out Loud | D</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=33"> education more accessible by working toward a fut</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=34"> Erin O'Neil, 26 Founder, Fishtail Publishing Ohio</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=35"> published in ILA's journal The Reading Teacher. </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=36"> Kelsey Reynolds, 25 Literacy and Education Advoca</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=37"> connect learners and inspire empathy and equity. </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=38"> FEATURE ILA'S 2020 LITERACY LEADERS The ann</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=39"> e ducators are tasked not only wi</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=40"> Maryann Manning Special Service Award “Literacy i</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=41"> Regie Routman Teacher Recognition Grant Megan Dra</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=42"> Jerry Johns Outstanding Teacher Educator in Readi</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=43"> reading areas to make reading more accessible and</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=44"> FEATURE </a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=45"> RISING TO THE COVID CHALLENGE Examples of</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=46"> Making the switch to digital Devine and Lynch's f</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=47"> From finding a way to make the virtu</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=48"> DO YOU WANT TO... ƒ Get more involved in the lite</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=49"> from Guilford Press NEW EDITION—A Major Revision</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=50"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM David Campos (campos @uiw</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=51"> development of a positive view of self, identity,</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=52"> a transgender identity, or demand acceptance of t</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=53"> WHAT'S HOT IN LITERACY The most cr</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=54"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Jessica Tobin Nagle (tuf5</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=55"> returning to school for the remainder of the year</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=56"> THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM Courtney Lopas (Courtney.</a> <a title="Literacy Today January/February 2021 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/f04be1bc?page=57"> content through multiple modes. 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