Welcome to the Elementary Literacy Education Research and Practice website E-mail

Education Research and Practice is a partnership of education practitioners, professional developers and literacy researchers committed to improving academic achievement by combining the best of current research and experiences of teachers in the classroom. 

We're here to provide:

  • An online opportunity for researchers and practitioners to interact and collaborate on issues related to elementary literacy research and practice in high poverty and multi-lingual settings through: 

         Discussions- see Inquiry/ Research- What does it mean to understand?…

 

         Members-only section for members to post internal reports, discuss new and

              key issues and collaborate on literacy projects.

  • An online repository for research, including executive summaries and syntheses of the research, and promising practices in need of research:

                 Promising Practices- see Beneath the Surface...

 

                 Insights from Research- see The Vocabulary-Rich Classroom: Modeling Sophisticated

 

                       Word Use to Promote Word Consciousness and Vocabulary Growth

 

                 Research-tested Practices- see The Effects of Instructional Conversations and

                       Literature Logs on the Story Comprehension and Thematic Understanding

                       of EP and LEP Students

 

 

Education Research and Practice is hosted and the product of the Public Education & Business Coalition (PEBC). The context and conversations are guided by our Advisory Board, and the content and form of this site are directed by our Advisors.   PEBC, a Colorado-based non-profit partnership of business and education leaders based in Denver, Colorado, commits to strengthening public schools and improving academic achievement for all students.

Our program of work is organized around two central areas of focus:           

·          Professional development services and products and       

·          Public policy

both of which guide our mission to cultivate excellence in public schools so all students succeed in learning and in life.

 

Town Hall Meeting News

  •  Please set aside the following date: Sunday evening, April 25th at IRA/for the next town hall meeting.                                                                                                                                            

Discussions:

  • Join in the following discussions:

  • Inquiry/ Research- What does it mean to understand?  In what ways can we ensure that children in culturally and linguistically diverse environments have the same opportunities to understand deeply and well as their peers in other schools?

  • General Discussions-   Teaching English Language Learners:  Do you have advice for ways that teachers of ELLs can evaluate the effectiveness of their practices?