2015 Annual Literacy Leaders Awards announced
September 8, 2015- Developing and implementing innovative and creative approaches to literacy education
- Establishing models of best practices in literacy education
- Providing service to underserved groups and communities
- Providing funding and support for these kinds of programs
- Making other statewide contributions deemed appropriate by the Committee
- Implementing or expanding innovative programs or approaches to increase literacy in children
- Encouraging a child’s love of reading through the involvement of a parent or caregiver
- Establishing or expanding programs for under-served community groups to increase child literacy
- Creating programs that successfully use Peggy Parish’s notion of an “open window” time frame to encourage reading in children
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