ILA’s Literacy Glossary was created to identify and define key terms relevant to literacy research and instruction. This living document provides a shared vocabulary, one that supports critical and ...

Literacy Today, ILA's digital magazine for members, empowers and inspires educators in every stage of their career. Issues focus on hot topics in the field and how they relate to high-quality ...

Vocabulary instruction has re-emerged as a hot topic in literacy education, especially in light of renewed focus on vocabulary development in the Common Core State Standards. The Multifaceted ...

ILA Resource Collections offer evidence-based, practitioner-friendly content carefully curated from recorded sessions, peer-reviewed journal articles, magazine features, and research-based ...

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Students need to learn in an active manner by interacting with their teachers, content, and peers. Fisher and Frey identify the gradual release of responsibility (GRR) instructional framework as ...

ILA recognizes and celebrates the outstanding contributions of individuals and chapters in our network who are committed to our shared mission of connecting research and practice to improve the ...

The Children’s Rights to Read initiative, founded on 10 fundamental rights every child deserves, was developed to ensure that every child, everywhere, has access to the education, opportunities, and ...

ILA position statements reflect ILA’s perspective on important topics within the landscape of literacy education, as well as provide guidance to those working in and on behalf of the field. The ILA ...

The ILA 2020 What’s Hot in Literacy Report goes beyond a ranked list of trending topics to offer a deeper look at what literacy professionals think about the issues most critical to the future of ...

Welcome to your professional literacy learning hub! ILA’s digital events focus on timely topics and research-based instruction and are ideal for literacy educators of all types. These online events ...

Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide a forum for literacy professionals to share information about specific areas and also serve as a resource for professional growth. Membership in these groups ...