Schools around the country are faced with the challenge of changing their reading programs to fall into compliance with No Child Left Behind.

This Reading Rockets teleconference focuses on how schools and their districts can find the best research-based reading program to meet the needs of their student population according to the mandates of the new law.


Moderator

Delia Pompa is the moderator of this webcast. She is the Vice President of the Center for Community Educational Excellence, at the National Council of La Raza.


Presenters

G. Reid Lyon is the Executive Vice President for Research and Evaluation at Best Associates and Whitney International University.

Timothy Shanahan is the Director of the University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Literacy.

Charlotte Parker is the Principal of Burbank Elementary in the Houston Independent School District.


Available in VHS format.

Running time: 90 minutes