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Mission: From translating research into practice to providing online professional development, the Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts (VGC) emphasizes scientifically based research and is dedicated to improving instruction for all students, especially struggling readers, English language learners, and special education students.

Reading Rockets is a national public media literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. The goal is to bring the reading research to life — to spread the word about reading instruction and to present “what works” in a […]

Foundation service presentations and resources can be found at Illinois Classrooms in Action.

FCRR explores all aspects of reading research—basic research into literacy-related skills for typically developing readers and those who struggle, studies of effective prevention and intervention, and psychometric work on formative assessment.

Adolescent Literacy is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers.