AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers. AdLit.org is an educational initiative of WETA, the flagship public television and radio station in the nation's capital, and is funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation.

Ready for College Portal

Spend some time in our specialized Ready for College area to learn more about early college awareness, what the research says about improving college readiness, creating a college culture for ELLs and more.
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Webinar: Ready for College

This webcast examines the components of college readiness and explores ways that high schools, parents, and colleges themselves can work together to prepare students for post-secondary education.
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How Parents Can Support the Common Core Reading Standards

Get to know what the four main areas of the Common Core reading standards mean and simple things you can do at home to help your child build skills in these areas.
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Featured Booklists: Social Sciences

A committee of librarians selected these books to open doors on new worlds, exciting ideas, eccentric personalities, unfamiliar cultures, and distant time periods.
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Featured Strategy

Inferential Reading

Inferences are the conclusions we draw based on what one already knows and judgments we make based on given information. This strategy helps students make connections between their personal experiences and their comprehension of a text. Rather than stopping students during the reading process to comment on specific points, this strategy focuses on their thinking and how new information reshapes their prior knowledge.
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Featured Glossary Term

Service Learning

Structured programs in which students participate in the civic and political life of their community, which enhances the students' academic success, social behaviors, leadership skills, and community awareness.
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Featured Resource

Parent Toolkit

Looking for a growth chart for academics? This parent toolkit helps parents understand course material covered in each grade. Organized by level, each grade offers information about Math and Language Arts along with Tips and Advice for fostering success.
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Research & News

Looking at Reading and Reading Assignments

A new study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute sought to understand what texts are being assigned in classrooms and whether those texts align with the demands of the Common Core State Standards. Reading skills and strategies remain in the forefront of instructional emphasis, which may not align with the Common Core standards which places a much greater emphasis on the importance of text and its ability to expose kids to various text features, characteristics, or content.
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