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national-recognition.
Announcing ILA’s National
Recognition Program
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Did You Hear?
“We’re talking about an integrated
approach between the teaching of
phonics and literature. There is a need
for explicit instruction, but you can’t
teach children meaning-making on
a phonics curriculum alone.” —ILA
Executive Director Marcie Craig Post
with Education Week, discussing ILA’s
brief, Meeting the Challenges of Early
Literacy Phonics Instruction
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The Reading Teacher and the Journal of Adolescent & Adult
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experts in the field of literacy education and professional
development, and they
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The application
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