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