American Education, from a literacy
perspective
Dr. Judy S.
Richardson, Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University
Federal
Department of Education:
This website is the
official site for the United States Department of Education.
http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml
Federal
Department of Education/Federal Resources:
This website provides
free resources for teachers to use in their instruction.
http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html
State
Department of Education: http://www.pen.k12.va.us/go/VDOE
This website presents a
wealth of information about education in Virginia, and about educational issues
in the United States.
Also, you can
review information about ESL in Virginia here, with the URL: http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/ESL/
This is the premier
site for learning about reading instruction. It will provide information about
literacy instruction in the United States and internationally.
This site includes information about urban
education issues and modules that help teachers understand how to teach in
urban settings. Included are audio and video tapes.
Edutopia Online:
http://www.glef.org
Many videos about American
EducationÑthis site is produced by George Lucas, the famous movie director!
Select the videos:
ÒAssessment for understandingÓ and ÒUrban Academy: When testing is anything but
standard.Ó
TESOL: www.tesol.org
This is the
organization titled "Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
languages." Visit for membership and lots of ESL information, including
ESL standards and policies.
VATESOL: www.vatesol.org
This is the
site of the Virginia Teachers of English to speakers of Other languages. Visit
for membership information and state conferences and workshops.
PODETESL
(Professional Opportunities for Developing Excellent Teachers):
This web site
presents the federal grant received from OELA (Office of English Language
Acquisition) to help prepare English second language teachers in the Richmond
area; it is administered by Dr. Judy Richardson.
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P., Weaver, D., Hinchman, K., Moore, D., Phelps, S., Thrash, E. C., and
Zalewski, P. (1996). Middle and high school students'
perceptions of how they experience text-based discusions: A multicase study. Reading Research Quarterly, 31:, (3), 244-267.
Cushman, Kathleen (1999) Ten
by ten: Essential schools that
exemplify the ten common principles.
Horace, 16:1, 8.
Gambrell, L. B. (1996).
Creating classroom cultures that foster reading motivation. The Reading Teacher, 50
(1), 14-25.
IRA Board of
Directors (1999). High-stakes assessments in reading: A position statement of
the International Reading Association, Journal of Adolescent and Adult
Literacy, 43:3
(November), 305-312.
Moore, David W.; Bean,
Thomas W.; Birdyshaw, Deanna; & Rycik, James A. (1999). Adolescent literacy: A position statement. Journal of Adolescent and Adult
Literacy, 43:1, 97-112.
Richardson, J. S. (2004).
Content area literacy lessons go high tech. Available at:
http://www.readingonline.org/
Richardson, J. S.
(2000). Read it aloud! Using literature in the secondary
content classroom. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Richardson, J. S. & Morgan, R. F. (2003). Reading to learn in the content areas. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.