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The Ohio Department of Education Partners with Cox Campus to Create a Credential for the State’s Early Learning Teachers

Rollins Staff March 13, 2023

Cox Campus, the online learning community of the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School, has been selected by the Ohio Department of Education (DOE) to create a customized early learning…

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March is Women’s History Month – Celebrate with these Books!

Rollins Staff March 2, 2023

Happy Women’s History Month! The origins of this celebratory month began in 1981 as “Women’s History Week,” and has since evolved to include a monthlong celebration of the contributions women have made in the United…

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Learn, Feel, Think and Act this Black History Month!

Rollins Staff February 3, 2023

Happy Black History Month! Activate learning, thinking and acting this month and beyond with the children you teach. Check out best practices below, curated by the staff of the Atlanta Speech School! Want more? Check…

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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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Intentional Ways to Celebrate Black History Month

Rollins Staff February 15, 2022

Black History Month is a way to recognize and honor the significant contributions, struggles, and experiences of members of the Black community. Here’s a bit of history about Black History Month. Carter G. Wilson, the…

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The Coming Literacy Crisis: There’s No Going Back to School as We Knew It

Rollins Staff June 28, 2021

As we make strides in halting COVID-19’s lethal course, every parent is forced to consider, “Will my child be safe when they return to school without the repeated interruptions the virus imposed in the past…

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Communicating Clearly During COVID

Rollins Staff November 20, 2020

Face coverings, masks specifically, have certainly proven to be a challenge through the COVID pandemic.  How many times do you finish a sentence to realize you aren’t even sure what you said… because your mask…

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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…

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Letter 7: Reader, Come Home

Rollins Staff February 27, 2020

The Science and Poetry in Learning (and Teaching) to Read Maryanne is back with her thoughts on the importance of Letter 7 which addresses the science of reading and how we instruct our children based…