ow big of a difference can a single word make?
Ask a literacy educator, and you’ll hear it’s a big one.
Last January, the International Reading Association (IRA) became the
International Literacy Association (ILA), and educators and advocates around the
world were introduced to a new page in the life of this 60-year-strong organization.
But it wasn’t just a change in name. The switch came along with a new
strategic plan, focused on bolstering the organization’s international and policy
work and on promoting literacy for all.
By Jaclyn Zubrzycki
THE ILA
DIFFERENCE
Marking one year of transformation
Jaclyn Zubrzycki
(jaclyn.zubrzycki@gmail.com) is
a freelance writer specializing
in education.
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January/February 2016 | LITERACY TODAY