Most people acknowledge that children who love to read are more likely to be avid readers as adults.
What presents a tricky problem for educators is how to help children of all learning levels develop and nurture solid reading and writing skills at an early age. Dr. Strickland s speech is the third in The Bank Street College of Education's Eighth Annual Distinguished Speakers Series, which this year focuses on topics surrounding the development of reading and literacy in young children. Dorothy Strickland, Ph.D., is the State of New Jersey Professor of Reading at Rutgers University. She is the current president of the IRA Reading Hall of Fame, and is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from The Bank Street College of Education. She is the author of Language, Literacy, and the Child, Teaching Phonics Today, and Emerging Literacy.