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Many upper elementary, middle, and high school teachers have not had the preparation needed to teach struggling adolescent readers. CORE's Adolescent Literacy Solutions Conference will provide a strong foundation for educators and administrators to begin to make informed instructional decisions and address the needs of this group of students.

CORE is offering two locations, formats, and dates to fit your schedule:

May 18-19, 2010 - Atlanta, GA
Featuring a Keynote Presentation by María Elena Argüelles

May 27-28, 2010 - Lake Tahoe, NV
Featuring a Full-Day Active Engagement Strategies Workshop with Dr. Kate Kinsella

Click here to see the agenda and register today.

CORE, partnering with Global Partnership Schools, has been named by the Colorado Department of Education as an educational service provider eligible to assist with school transformation and turnaround efforts throughout the state. The organizational partnership was one of only three providers approved to help schools with all five areas of expertise sought by the state (organizational management and leadership, academic performance, learning environment, operations, and comprehensive planning).

CORE and Global Partnership Schools will deliver support to struggling schools with intensive on-site coaching, proven instructional strategies, and structures to promote effective teaching and learning. This support is intended to produce successful school transformation and turnaround results at chronically low-performing schools in Colorado. To read the full announcement from the Colorado Department of Education, please click here.

CORE is seeking interested middle schools in California, Oregon, and Washington to participate in the final year of a federally funded research and development project. Stanford University, in collaboration with CORE (Consortium on Reading Excellence) and SRI International, received a grant from IES (Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education) to develop, pilot, and field-test a vocabulary program for struggling adolescent 7th and 8th grade readers, including English learners. The curriculum, Content-Rich Vocabulary (CRV), includes the explicit teaching of academic and content vocabulary tied to social studies content. CORE is providing the curriculum development, implementation, and teacher training; SRI International is conducting the data analysis and evaluation. To read the full release, click here.

CORE members get access to ideas and tools designed to help master effective, research-based literacy instructional practices.

Become part of our network of experienced experts who know what works and give you the best advice when you need it, in an exclusive online community.

CORE offers two levels of membership to fit your needs: Individual Membership and Institutional Membership.

Click here for member benefits and pricing details.

CORE is currently hiring full- and part-time positions -- click here for more details and position descriptions.

Expand the capacity of your seasoned reading leaders. Enroll your district team in CORE University today.

CORE has just released dates for it's National CORE U program for the 2010- 2011 school year:

Step 1: Literacy Improvement Expert Course, April 19-23, 2010, Anchorage, AK
Step 2: Guided Apprenticeship, 6 days in your district (2 in each fall, winter, and spring)
Step 3: Graduate Retreat, February 28 - March 4, 2011, San Francisco, CA

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CORE's two-day Leadership Summit is the perfect opportunity to interact with prominent national literacy, English-language learner, special education, and math researchers; specialists in Response to Intervention (RtI); inspirational speakers; and successful practitioners from around the nation. CORE's speakers always reflect current research.

This year's theme, "Investing in Academic Excellence," addresses the need for educators and administrators to renew their commitment to investing in student success. Nationally recognized experts will provide relevant examples of what works to get students engaged and keep them learning, so that the collaborative investment to sustain academic achievement will present substantial payoffs for future generations.

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The California State Board of Education approved CORE's submissions of Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt's Portals and Scholastic's READ 180 Intensive Intervention professional development SB 472 Workshops. The trainings are now in compliance with Senate Bill 472 Reading Professional Development Program.

In and beyond California: To further accelerate your implementation of all intensive intervention programs, CORE is pleased to announce a new series of one to three-day professional development workshops for teachers and administrators.

Learn more about how you can bring CORE to your school or district to help you implement your intensive intervention.

In an ongoing effort to build continuous professional development among school district administrators, coaches, and teachers, the Consortium on Reading Excellence (CORE) is pleased to announce a partnership with Teachscape, the leader in online professional learning. Together with intensive professional development, on-site support for reading and math, and Teachscape's online resources, CORE will be able to deliver a 24/7 professional development program for literacy and math educators that will provide curriculum support to maximize student achievement. Teachers will be able to study material at their convenience and review the information as many times as necessary to perfect skills on a topic or concept.

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"Thank you for your professionalism, help, caring, and support. I really appreciate your priorities, your knowledge base, and your coaching 'style.' Your work has helped Fair Oaks better implement reading and ELD instruction. I look forward to all that we will collectively continue to accomplish next year."

– Patricia McRae, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction,
Redwood City School District, CA

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"Our reading scores have improved tremendously over the years with the assistance of CORE. From a school that was 'failing' to a school now in 'good standing,' we are now considered a 'beacon' school for reading. Many schools throughout our state have visited to see how we implement our reading program and interventions. Thank you, CORE!"

– Alvin Shima, Principal,
Kihei Elementary, HI

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