Inside Dolly Parton's Literacy Project

Inside Dolly Parton's Literacy Project

Author: BAM Radio Network July 9, 2010 Duration: 10:11
Dolly Parton's Literacy initiative is called the Imagination Library project. The program gives a book a month to over 600,000 children from zero until their fifth birthday. Beginning in Tennessee, the program now reaches over 1200 communities in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Tune in and discover how this program is promoting literacy in the 21st century.

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Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 12

Literacy 2.0: The New Frontier of Literacy in the Digital Age
Podcast Episodes
Is Reading Comprehension at Risk? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:12
There is reason for concern that standardized testing may be diminishing the development of reading comprehension. In this segment we discuss the specific risks to reading comprehension and outline specific strategies fo…
What's Really Behind the Literacy Gap? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:21
The gap in reading skills between various ethnic, racial and economic groups persists. In fact large numbers of American children have serious literacy problems. In this segment we take an up close look at the latest dat…
Rethinking Phonics for the 21st Century [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 11:23
Phonics has been a controversial practice in the educational field for decades and opinion about the appropriate role of phonics has evolved. So here in the 21st century, what should educators be thinking about in terms…
Understanding Response to Intervention [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:49
Response to intervention (RTI) is a strategy to help educators identify students with learning disabilities as early as possible and intervene appropriately. It is drawing increased attention these days. This segment exp…
New Standards for Reading Professionals What's New, Why it Matters [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:11
Three years of effort has produced IRA's revised Standards for Reading Professionals. The first update since 2003, the document integrates the most applicable new research on reading instruction and reading assessment. I…
A Strategic Plan for Creating Strategic Readers [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:11
Our guest shares insights on the process of getting young children to embrace reading as part of a life time strategy for achieving their life goals. Ellery shares a some field-tested techniques.
Why Boys Lag Girls In Reading- How To Close The Gap? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 12:14
There is overwhelming evidence of a gender gap between boys and girls in reading. This is an accelerating international phenomenon. Our guest suggests that male role models and current notions of masculinity may be contr…
Next Practices in Preparing Very Young Children for Literacy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:18
It's a new world out there requiring some new skills as well as many of the tried and tested fundamentals for developing literacy. In this segment Patricia Edwards shares with us some of the "next practices" in preparing…
The Critical Link Between Literacy 2.0 and Excellence in  Science [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:48
Dr. JoAnne Deshon's creative application of basic and new literacy skills won her a Presidential award. In this segment Dr. Deshon underscores the link between literacy and excellence in science and shares her strategies…