About Us
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.
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WETA and Learning Media
WETA Washington, D.C., is the third-largest producing station for PBS. WETA's productions and co-productions include The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal, and documentaries by filmmaker Ken Burns.
Over the last decade, WETA's Learning Media department has created and sustained four award-winning educational multimedia services: LD OnLine, Reading Rockets, Colorín Colorado, and AdLit.org.
LD OnLine
LD Online provides accurate information about learning disabilities and ADHD to over 200,000 people each month. The site features hundreds of helpful articles, multimedia, first-person essays, and children’s writing and artwork. Monthly advice columns by noted experts, active forums, a comprehensive resource directory, and a Yellow Pages referral directory help parents, teachers, and people with learning disabilities decide what to do.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets looks at how young children learn to read, why so many struggle, and what we can do to help them. The website includes an archive of articles, interviews with children's authors, a daily headline service, two blogs, and much more. The Reading Rockets project also encompasses programs produced for PBS, including A Tale of Two Schools and a series called Launching Young Readers.
Colorín Colorado
Colorín Colorado is a bilingual website designed for the parents and educators of English language learners. The website gives Spanish-speaking parents a wealth of information in their native language and gives teachers the information they need to be more effective in working with children for whom English is a second language.
AdLit.org
Launched in late 2007, AdLit offers resources to the parents and educators of struggling readers and writers in grades 4-12. The site includes research-based articles, instructional material for classroom teachers, an Ask the Experts feature, a blog by a librarian and children's book reviewer, tips for parents, book recommendations, exclusive interviews with top authors, and a free monthly e-newsletter.
AdLit.org's Reprint Policy
Material from our website may not be sold or used commercially. Permission to publish materials must be granted by the copyright holder.
You are welcome to print copies for personal use, or a limited number for educational purposes, as long as credit is given to Ad Lit and the author(s).
Because we get our articles from a variety of sources, please check the bottom of the article for special reprint permissions or restrictions from the publisher.
If you have questions, please contact us at info@AdLit.org.
