Contents
LITERACY TODAY
Volume 38, Issue 3
November/December 2020
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing Editor Colleen Patrice Clark
Editor Christina Lambert
Intern Paige Savitt
ILA LEADERSHIP
Executive Director Marcie Craig Post
2020–2021 BOARD MEMBERS
Stephen Peters, The Peters Group, President;
Rob Tierney, University of British Columbia,
Vice President; Kathy N. Headley, Clemson
University, Immediate Past President;
Juli-Anne Benjamin, Great Oaks Legacy
Charter School; Kia Brown-Dudley, The
Education Partners; Wendy Carss, University
of Waikato; Danielle V. Dennis, University of
Rhode Island; Rachael Gabriel, University of
Connecticut, Storrs; Annette M. Kiberu, GEMS
Cambridge International School; Kenneth
Kunz, Monmouth University; J. Helen Perkins,
University of Memphis; Laurie Sharp, Tarleton
State University
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encourage teachers with the resources they
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EDITOR’S NOTE
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LIT BITS
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ILA UPDATE
LITERACY LEADERSHIP
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Refl ecting on Virtual Learning: Supports and
Strategies to Continue Teaching and Learning
Growth
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Preparing Educators of the Future: The Case
for Research Literacy
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Enhancing Teacher Preparation Programs: Fostering Preservice Teachers’
Abilities to Meet the Diverse Needs of Students
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Planning Forward for Literacy: A New Lens on Professional Learning
RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE
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The ACTOR Method: Enhancing Close, Critical, and Effi cient Reading of
Informational Texts
FEATURES
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Teachers’ Race Matters: Teachers a s Arbiters of Black Linguistic Justice
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Looking Ahead: Four Ways 2020 Might Shape the Future of Teacher Prep
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Recognizing Excellence: ILA Launches National Recognition for Programs
Preparing Elementary/Intermediate Classroom Teachers
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
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Molding Students Into Informed, Compassionate Citizens
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Engaging Critical Reading of Socioscientifi c Issues
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Increasing Sustained Att ention in Distracted Readers
THE ILA NETWORK
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Program for Teachers in Italy
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EVENTS
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
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