Department of Literacy and Elementary Education

Erin MacDonald just wanted to find some joy. Since graduating from college in Iowa, she had worked in marketing, first at a law practice and...
One short month ago, millions of 5-year-olds began their academic journeys in those unique and beloved classrooms not identified by ordinal numbers attached to the...
It’s impossible to watch a newscast this month without seeing coverage of the flood of Syrians trying to make their way to Europe. Each features...
While a mid-July blast of heat and humidity makes DeKalb swelter, a group of English teachers from Ecuador absorb a lecture on “learning strategy instruction”...
U.S. children’s picture books continue to show predominantly white characters, an NIU study shows. The imbalance – still an issue 50 years after Nancy Larrick’s...