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On Saturday we unexpectedly lost a giant in the field of research and literacy education, Bob Slavin. We are heartbroken to lose this esteemed colleague and friend.

In our recent Kids, Books & Anti-Racism workshop with Dr. Sonja-Cherry Paul, she graciously shared a selection of picture books from her bookshelf.

Successful school improvement and accelerated student growth depends on the professional expertise of your team. We actively partner with PreK-8 schools and districts to help them make the most use of their COVID relief funding by creating an effective plan for wise investment of resources. The Center offers a variety of literacy professional development opportunities […]

Take your career to the next level, whether you are working in a remote setting or socially-distanced classroom!

Make the most of your summer! Check out these literacy professional development opportunities.

As a literacy teacher, your understanding of the composite of competencies that are characteristic of effective reading and writing and how they change over time will set the pathway for your teaching.

Now that 2020 has come to a close, we are reflecting on some of our most read and revisited blog posts from the year.

Dr. Gay Su Pinnell generously endowed Lesley University with a $3 million gift to support the Center for Reading Recovery® and Literacy Collaborative within the Graduate School of Education. As a longtime collaborator with our director, Irene Fountas, Pinnell has more than three decades of partnership with Lesley.

Learn more about the Channing School’s partnership with the Center for Reading Recovery and Literacy Collaborative began in 2014 when the school was identified by the Massachusetts Department of Education as a turnaround school.

The unprecedented circumstances of our world have illuminated the need to address the literacy needs of marginalized students in our educational system.