Contents
LITERACY TODAY
Volume 36, Issue 1
July/August 2018
EDITORIAL STAFF
Managing Editor Colleen Patrice Clark
Editors Christina Lambert & Alina O’Donnell
ILA LEADERSHIP
Executive Director Marcie Craig Post
Associate Executive Director Stephen Sye
2018–2019 BOARD MEMBERS
Bernadette Dwyer, Dublin City University,
President; Kathy N. Headley, Clemson
University, Vice President; Douglas Fisher,
San Diego State University, Immediate Past
President; Juli-Anne Benjamin, Marion P.
Thomas Charter School; Wendy Carss,
University of Waikato; Beverley E. Harris,
Mico University College, University of the
West Indies; Kenneth Kunz, Middlesex Public
Schools; Stephanie Laird, Southeast Polk
Community School District; Susan Paasch,
Sauk Rapids Public School District; Stephen
Peters, Laurens County School District 55; Julia
Reynolds, Allendale Public Schools; Jennifer
Williams, Calliope Global Education Initiatives
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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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How Districts Can Adopt a New Approach
to Struggling Readers
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Researchers and Leaders React to the
What’s Hot Report
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Welcoming Conversations That Promote Civic Agency in Childhood
FEATURES
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Critical Conversations in Equity With Students and Teachers
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Improving Academic Achievement by Centering Our Students
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Checking Our Bias at the Door
THE ENGAGING CLASSROOM
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A Starting Place for Creating Gender-Inclusive Literacy Classrooms
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Examining Children’s Literature and Asian and Asian American
Stereotypes
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Meaningfully Using Digital Tools to Foster Disciplinary Learning
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A Practical Approach for Literacy Achievement in Secondary Schools
THE ILA NETWORK
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Taiwan’s New Literacy Program Encourages Reading for Pleasure
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How the Michigan Reading Association Gets Its Members Involved and
Expands Its Literacy Presence
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EVENTS
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
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