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Dr. Dara Hill

May 13, 2025

Hugh's Early Literacy Journey (Part II)

Clarissa Terracciano

April 2, 2025

Part II: How Blockchain Can Support All Learners

Clarissa Terracciano

April 1, 2025

Part I: Introduction to Blockchain and Literacy and Language Learning

Dan Reynolds, Ph.D. - Coyle Fellow

September 17, 2021

Balancing Perspectives: An Integrative Text Set on Racism and Housing

In my post series about text sets , I’ve outlined research on text sets from cognitive , disciplinary , and critical perspectives. Each of these perspectives offers specific aims for what a literacy unit’s texts might look like. But how might a teacher bring them together? How can a teacher aim for...

Dan Reynolds, Ph.D. - Coyle Fellow

September 8, 2021

Text Sets & Critical Perspectives

Just what is a text set , anyways? Turns out, a teacher’s text set depends a lot on their perspective on literacy. In this blog post series, I’ve described the QTS text set from the cognitive perspective and the Project READI text set from the disciplinary literacy perspective . To complement those...

Dan Reynolds, Ph.D. - Coyle Fellow

August 30, 2021

Disciplinary Literacy Perspective on Text Sets

In my last two posts, I sketched the popularity and emergence of research on text sets , and outlined the Quad Text Set (QTS) framework aimed at helping students reading more complex texts . In this post, I’ll discuss text set framework called Project READI , whose goal is to scaffold students’ use...

Dan Reynolds, Ph.D. - Coyle Fellow

August 23, 2021

Cognitive Perspectives on Text Sets from Reading Research

Text sets are popular for many teachers and researchers, but the definition of a text set —any thematically-linked collection of texts—can often be quite vague. In this post, I’ll explore a specific approach to designing text sets: a cognitive approach with the goal of building students’ ability to...

August 17, 2021

Ernest Morrell to participate in "Saturdays with the Saints" lecture series

Notre Dame, IN — The McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame will resume its “Saturdays with the Saints” gameday lecture series this fall. This season’s theme is “Saints of Healing: Physical, Cultural, and Spiritual” and features an opening lecture on Sts. Francis and...

NOTRE DAME

August 12, 2021

Recent Scholarship from the Center for Literacy Education

The Notre Dame Center for Literacy Education is excited to share recent publications or publications that best represent the scholarship of our team and the Coyle Fellows. We hope you enjoy learning more about our research and are able to use our work to further your own scholarship. Nichols, T.P. &...

Dan Reynolds, Ph.D. - Coyle Fellow

August 11, 2021

Text Sets: What and Why

Text sets are increasingly popular resources for teachers. Sites like NewsELA , CommonLit , the Library of Congress and ReadWorks offer teachers pre-made text sets targeted at various grade levels. State departments of education, such as Louisiana , Iowa , and Connecticut offer step-by-step...

Robert LeBlanc - Center for Literacy Education Coyle Fellow

Digital Literacies and Digital Platforms

When COVID-19 arrived, many of us had to quickly adapt to teaching online. As the requirements for social distancing continued through 2020 and into 2021, teachers adjusted to working with and through digital platforms as the new normal: meeting synchronously with kids and classrooms over Zoom...

Monica Cozza

#whyIteach ~ Featured Fellow: Monica Cozza

For our June newsletter, O'Shaughnessy Fellow Monica Cozza briefly shared with us why she loves teaching. To learn more about Monica, please visit her biography . Why do you love teaching? I wake up every day knowing I am fulfilling my vocation, even when that vocation may look different because of...

Gisella Mancini

#whyIteach ~ Featured Fellow: Gisella Mancini

O'Shaughnessy Fellow Gisella Mancini is our Featured Fellow for our June newsletter. As a veteran teacher in South Bend Catholic schools, she has a wealth of knowledge to share! Why do you love teaching? Teaching is a joy that I am blessed to have been able to make a career of throughout my entire...

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