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Literacy Guide Released to Assist Charter Schools' Reading Programs
January 1,2003
Take Me On A Reading Adventure, A Literacy Guide For America's Charter Schools was created by America's Charter School Finance Corporation under its Charter School Awareness, Outreach and Literacy Program. The goal of the project was to assist charter schools in their efforts to develop high-quality reading programs. A centerpiece of the guide is a series of profiles of nine charter schools that implemented reading programs resulting in significant student achievement.
The Reading Adventure also provides a description of how children learn to read, reviews recent studies on teaching strategies, discusses the importance of faculty development, assessment, and accountability, provides a host of reading activities to supplement school programs including suggested activities to encourage family support and involvement with reading, and includes a variety of program resources including book list recommendations, professional terms and library, and information on useful websites.
We hope that The Reading Adventure will be an impetus for further collaboration among charter schools and an exchange of ideas and strategies aimed at improving student reading achievement.
The Reading Adventure was developed with funding provided by the United States Department of Education and assistance from a number of charter schools and charter school organizations including The Center for Education Reform, Charter Friends National Network, and the Minnesota Association of Charter Schools.
Schools profiled in the guide include: The Accelerated Charter School, Los Angeles, California, The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter School, Franklin, Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin Charter School, Mesa, Queen Creek, and Gilbert, Arizona, Cherry Creek Academy, Englewood, Colorado, Cross Creek Academy, Bryon Center, Michigan, Einstein Montessori School, Gainesville, Florida, Friendship Edison Public School, Washington, D.C., Harlem Day Charter School, New York, New York and the Rapoport Academy, Waco, Texas. Dr. Cathy Collins Block, Professor of Education, Texas Christian University and Reading is Fundamental, Inc., also contributed to the guide.
Link here to view or download Take Me On A Reading Adventure, A Literacy Guide For America's Charter Schools in .pdf format.
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The Center for Education Reform is a national, independent, non-profit advocacy organization providing support and guidance to individuals, community and civic groups, policymakers and others who are working to bring fundamental reforms to their schools. For additional information on charter schools or other education reform issues please call CER at (202) 822-9000.
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