K-12 Literacy in the Yahoo! Directory

ReadWriteThink
Offers lesson plans, practices, and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
www.readwritethink.org
Guys Read
Literacy initiative for boys from Jon Scieszka, author of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. The mission is to motivate boys to read by connecting them with materials they will want to read, in ways they like to read.
www.guysread.com
Reading Rockets
National multimedia project that looks at how young kids learn to read, why some struggle, and how adults can help.
www.readingrockets.org
Literacy Connections
Provides a wealth of information on reading, teaching and tutoring techniques, ESL literacy, and adult literacy. Topics include the language experience approach, phonics, word study, and the best in children's literature.
www.literacyconnections.com
DIBELS
Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) are a set of standardized, individually administered measures of early literacy development. They are designed to be short (one minute) fluency measures used to regularly monitor the development of pre-reading and early reading skills.
dibels.uoregon.edu
Center on English Learning & Achievement (CELA) - University at Albany, State University of New York
Conducts research dedicated to gaining knowledge to improve students' English and literacy in schools across the U.S.
cela.albany.edu
Between the Lions
Companion site to the PBS Kids' show combining puppetry, animation, live action, and music to achieve its educational mission of helping young children learn to read.
pbskids.org/lions
National Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy (NCSWL)
Working to improve understanding of how writing is best learned and taught - from the early years through adulthood. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
www-gse.berkeley.edu/research/NCSWL/csw.homepage.html
America Reads Challenge
Calls on Americans to support teachers and help ensure that every child can read well and independently by the end of 3rd grade.
www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/index.html
Greenwood Institute
Offers courses with an emphasis on dyslexia for literacy teachers in mainstream and specialized schools.
www.greenwoodinstitute.org/institute/inindex.html
Center for Early Literacy Information (CELI)
Resource for researchers, teachers, families, school administrators, and others who are looking for early literacy information from a variety of sources including articles, books, reports, technical papers, and more.
www.earlyliteracyinfo.org
Children's Book Week (4)
dir.yahoo.com/.../Literacy/Children_s_Book_Week
Children's Book Council: Children's Book Week
A celebration of the written word, Children's Book Week introduces young people to new authors and ideas in schools, libraries, homes and bookstores. Through Children's Book Week, the Children's Book Council encourages young people and their caregivers to discover the complexity of the world beyond their own experience through books.
www.cbcbooks.org/cbw
Reading First
Focused nationwide effort to enable all students to become successful early readers. Program focuses on students in kindergarten through third grade.
www.ed.gov/programs/readingfirst/index.html
Literacy and Education
Offers assorted links to papers on literacy and education, as well as links to several related gopher archives.
eserver.org/literacy
LiteracyWeb Australia
Contains the keynote address of the National Literacy Conference, case studies, and literacy links.
www.schools.ash.org.au/litweb
Read*Write*Now
A national initiative of the U.S. Department of Education to improve reading and writing achievement among elementary and high school students.
www.udel.edu/ETL/RWN
NEA's Read Across America
Annual March program seeking to have every child in every school across the U.S. to read with an adult. Find activity ideas, media tips, PR tools, materials, and resources to help plan a reading event.
www.readacrossamerica.com
Phonological Awareness Resources and Links
For academics, teachers, and parents. Features tests, links, forum, and webring.
ca.geocities.com/phonological/index.htm
Read for the Record
Jumpstart's Read for the Record is a national campaign designed to encourage hundreds of thousands of children and adults from across the country to read the same book on the same day. The goal of Jumpstart's Read for the Record campaign is to raise public awareness about significant disparities in early education.
www.readfortherecord.org