This multi-stage assignment invites students to reflect on their personal literacy development through storytelling, peer collaboration, and revision. Students describe key literacy events, analyze ...

Jennifer Solheim is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago. While maintaining the UIC French department’s Twitter ...

This is unhome all over, right? “I guess that this must be the place.” Unhome took on new significance over the course of the term, one that can be considered more broadly within the experience of the ...

Early narrative skills are tied to kindergarten literacy among young African American children, according to new research. The study is the first to demonstrate the connection between African American ...

Letters can shape a life, yet for many, they’ve long remained out of reach. Studies suggest that Dyslexia affects 20 percent of the population in the US, which represents 90 percent of all those with ...

Literacy and health are closely intertwined. Research has proven that stories are a powerful mechanism for building resilience and helping young people develop empathy, foster emotional intelligence, ...