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Thomas Earl Wheat, a former professor of literacy education and the fifth director of the NIU Literacy Clinic, died Friday, Feb. 8, in Venice, Fla. He was 76. Wheat earned his Bachelor of Science in education in 1966 at the University of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Ind., and his Master of Education from the...
Donna Werderich
NIU’s Donna Werderich fell in love with reading and writing at an early age. “I have always enjoyed reading and writing,” said Werderich, a professor of Literacy Education, “how authors can craft words to persuade, entertain, inform and touch the heart, and how we make sense of the world through words.” The Illinois Reading Council...
English as a second language (ESL) programs are becoming increasingly popular in teaching programs across the country. And no wonder. ESL credentials are increasingly necessary for teachers to land jobs. The reason: an exploding number of English language learners in public schools. In this state alone, according to a 2011 Illinois State Board of Education...
Jeffrey Chown
Board of Trustees Professor Jeffrey Chown, from the Department of Communication, has been selected as the recipient of NIU’s 2012 Outstanding International Educator Award. The announcement was made during Monday’s annual International Recognition Reception, one of many events on campus marking International Education Week (IEW). A worldwide authority on Irish films, Chown founded NIU’s Media and Culture...
A photo of books in the Children's Literature Collection of NIU's Gabel Hall.
The NIU College of Education’s Literacy Clinic recently was authorized to provide tutoring services to DeKalb public school children who need help with reading, under a provision of the “No Child Left Behind Act” of 2001. The law stipulates that public schools which have failed to measure up to performance standards for more than one...
DeKalb schoolchildren surround Project ROAR tutor Allyce Leafbland.
The elementary students ask their teachers weekly: “When are the ROAR tutors coming?” Project ROAR – Reaching Out Through Art and Reading has existed at NIU for 14 years. Its focus is to help students at the elementary level develop their vocabulary and love for reading. Over time, the project has become a way for bilingual...
Caldecott Medal
NIU’s Department of Literacy Education will host a workshop Tuesday, Feb. 21, that highlights the 2011 award-winning children and young adult books that were recently announced by the American Library Association. During the event, faculty members Chris Carger and Melanie Koss will discuss the books that have received awards including the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott...
Melanie Koss
Melanie Koss, an assistant professor in the Department of Literacy Education in the NIU College of Education, has been appointed to serve on the 2013 Randolph Caldecott Medal Award Committee. The Caldecott Medal is one of the most prestigious awards given to illustrators of children’s books. According to the website of the American Library Association (ALA), the...
James Cohen
The Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) of the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $1.8 million grant to James Cohen, assistant professor in the Department of Literacy Education in the NIU College of Education. The grant provides funding for “Project DREAMS” (Development of Reading, ESL, eArly Childhood, Mathematics and Science), a five-year, professional...
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