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Georgia’s DECAL Bilingual Rising PreK Program Resources 

Rollins Staff | April 11, 2024

The Rollins Center for Language & Literacy partners with Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning to support the Bilingual Summer Transition Program (STP) for rising Spanish-speaking Pre-K children. Through a planned language approach, monolingual…

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5 Intentional Ways to Celebrate Black History Month

Rollins Staff | February 5, 2024

Here are some ways you can incorporate Black History month activities into your lessons.

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Embracing MLK Day as a Day of Service: 7 Inspiring Acts of Kindness

Rollins Staff | January 10, 2024

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is not just a day off from work or school; it’s a day on – a day of service to honor the legacy of a civil rights leader who dedicated…

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3 Significant Ways to Celebrate Families and Caregivers of Children: Revealing the Significance of November

Rollins Staff | November 4, 2023

National Caregiver Month, also known as National Family Caregivers Month, is observed every November in the United States. It is a time dedicated to honoring and recognizing the millions of family caregivers who provide crucial…

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Georgia Pre-K Week: Book Activities and Engagement Strategies

Rollins Staff | September 27, 2023

What is Georgia Pre-K Week? Since 2009-2010, the first week of October has been dedicated to raising awareness of the importance and benefits of a quality Pre-K across the state of Georgia by providing leaders…

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The Truth About Reading Exclusive 2023 Event

Rollins Staff | March 24, 2023
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Language and literacy are key to a just future. Help unlock life’s potential for every child, as seen in Saporta Report

Rollins Staff | May 4, 2022

Every child is born ready to learn.  As adults, it’s up to us to realize literacy and justice for all. Simple, everyday opportunities can be used to help build stronger and more capable children. Every…

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Cox Campus Provided $15 Million in Free Evidence-Based Literacy Resources to Teachers Across the U.S. in 2021 and is on Track to Invest $30 Million in 2022

Rollins Staff | May 4, 2022

The Atlanta Speech School’s learning platform aims to eliminate the literacy equity barrier in education ATLANTA, April 28, 2022 (Newswire.com) – Cox Campus, the online learning community of the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy at…

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Literacy & Justice for All, as seen in Saporta Report

Rollins Staff | February 24, 2022

Since the advent of the written word, which created the need for reading, literacy has been wielded as a tool of power and one of oppression.  Who is taught to read – and who is…

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Eradicating Illiteracy in Our Time

Rollins Staff | March 11, 2020

We can end illiteracy. Let’s give every child the power of a deep reading brain.   Join Dr. Maryanne Wolf, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, and The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading as they discuss the roles…

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Building Deep Reading Brains in a Digital World

Rollins Staff | March 5, 2020

With our children so immersed in our now digital world, will learning to read be even more difficult?   Dr. Maryanne Wolf, internationally recognized scholar, author, and literacy advocate, will explore the future of deep…

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Letters 8 & 9: Reader, Come Home

Rollins Staff | March 5, 2020

Building a Biliterate Brain & Reader, Come Home Letters 7 & 8 Roundtable Discussion Welcome to Letters 7 & 8 of Reader, Come Home In Letter 8, we learn Dr. Maryanne Wolf’s definition of the…