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Advocacy

Resources for Policymakers

Advocacy

Legislative Priorities

The Center is Leading Literacy Reform

Find your legislator

Equity in Education

Support parent-focused literacy awareness training to encourage at home learning opportunities through quality family engagement. Promote equal access and equitable representation in classrooms by building culturally relevant resources and guidance.

School-Readiness for All Children

Fund more expansive training of early childhood teachers. Increase acquisition of books for families to build home libraries. Advocate on the benefits of additional seats for the Child Care Assistance Program.

Louisiana’s Students are Reading Proficiently by the End of the Third Grade

Re-evaluate LDOE Tier I reading/foundational skills curriculum criteria for grades K-3 to help ensure all children have science-based reading instruction through structured literacy. Create LDOE K-2 reading intervention materials and fund certified dyslexia therapists/practitioners in schools to reach all students.

Teachers are Prepared and Supported Using the Science of Reading

Reform higher education teacher preparation programs to teach the science of reading and request a test on the science of reading as part of the teacher certification requirement. Provide funding to expand literacy training and development to school-level staff by widening the Louisiana Department of Education professional development vendor list.

How We Can Help

State Level

  • Train the trainer program in science of reading
  • Teacher certification for childcare center
    teachers
  • Expertise on state commissions
  • Parent and family literacy training
  • Book distribution program with
    culturally-responsive focus
  • Library of digital resources

District Level

  • High quality, evidence-based professional
    development for K-3 educators
  • Virtual Literacy Coach program to provide
    districts with expertise at a fraction of the cost
  • Assist districts in data interpretation
  • Curriculum-review consultation
  • Build school-level capacity and sustainability

When we teach kids to read, we solve many social and economic challenges.

With an on-the-ground, in-the-trenches approach, we at The Center for Literary and Learning tackle real-time issues such as ways to remediate struggling readers, differentiate instruction for diverse learners, and build and sustain collective capacity.

Through our interactive, customizable, and custom education solutions, we hope to enable school administrators, teachers, parents, and policymakers alike to enact real change in the education system through literacy training. 

Find your legislator

For continued reading on resources for policymakers, click any of the links we have provided below:

Resources for Policymakers
Mississippi Report

Ready to Read, Ready to Succeed
Southern Regional Education Board

Teachers Criticize Their Colleges of Ed. for Not Preparing Them to Teach Reading
EdWeek

Why Reading Matters and What To Do About It
Business Roundtable Report

NCTQ Databurst: Strengthening Reading Instruction through Better Preparation of Elementary and Special Education Teachers
National Council on Teacher Quality

Leading on Literacy: Challenges and Opportunities in Teacher Preparation Across the University of North Carolina System
North Carolina Report

Why Are We Still Teaching Reading the Wrong Way?
New York Times


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