Best Practices of Literacy Leaders

Third Edition
Keys to School Improvement

Edited by Allison Swan Dagen, Jacy Ippolito, and Rita M. Bean
Foreword by Dana A. Robertson

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Erica M. Barnes, PhD, Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY



Rita M. Bean, PhD, School of Education (Emerita), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA



Christina M. Cassano, EdD, McKeown School of Education, Salem State University, Salem, MA



Jill Castek, PhD, College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ



Gina N. Cervetti, PhD, School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI



Megin Charner-Laird, EdD, McKeown School of Education, Salem State University, Salem, MA



Amy C. Crosson, EdD, College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA



Christina L. Dobbs, EdD, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, Boston University, Boston, MA



Cheryl L. Dozier, PhD, Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY



Patricia A. Edwards, PhD, College of Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI



Barbara R. Foorman, PhD, Department of Education and Florida Center for Reading Research (Emerita), Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL



Rachael E. Gabriel, PhD, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT



Christina Glance Petrone, PhD, College of Applied Human Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV



Virginia J. Goatley, PhD, Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY



Lori Helman, PhD, Department of Curriculum and Instruction (Emerita), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN



Jacy Ippolito, EdD, McKeown School of Education, Salem State University, Salem, MA



Britney Jones, PhD, School of Education and Human Development, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT



Jennifer Jones Powell, EdD, College of Education and Human Development, Radford University, Radford, VA



Young-Suk Grace Kim, EdD, School of Education, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA



Joanna Lieberman, EdM, doctoral student in Literacy Studies, School of Education, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY



Sophia Lopez, BA, College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA



Zunera Malik, MPhil, Fulbright PhD doctoral candidate, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ



Eric M. Mesmer, PhD, College of Humanities and Behavioral Sciences, Radford University, Radford, VA



Heidi Anne E. Mesmer, PhD, School of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA



Christine Montecillo Leider, PhD, School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA



Aimee L. Morewood, PhD, College of Applied Human Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV



Karen Nemeth, EdM, Language Castle, LLC, Allentown, PA



Kathleen A. Paciga, PhD, Department of Education (Emerita), Columbia College, Chicago, IL



Katie Pekel, EdD, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN



Marliese R. Peltier, PhD, Teachers College, Ball State University, Muncie, IN



Jaime Puccioni, PhD, Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY



Victoria J. Risko, EdD, Peabody College of Education (Emerita), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN



Donna M. Scanlon, PhD, Department of Literacy Teaching and Learning, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY



Kristina Scott, EdD, McKeown School of Education, Salem State University, Salem, MA



Kevin G. Smith, EdD, Florida Center for Reading Research, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL



Vickie Smith Barrios, MA, College of Education and Human Development, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV



Kathleen A. Spring, PhD, Department of Educational Policy and Leadership, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY



Allison Swan Dagen, PhD, College of Applied Human Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV



Jacquelyn S. Sweeney, PhD, College of Education, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD



Dianna R. Townsend, EdD, College of Education and Human Development, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV



Alaka G. Varma, MA,School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI



Doris J. Walker-Dalhouse, PhD, College of Education, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI



Sharon Walpole, PhD, School of Education (Emerita), University of Delaware, Newark, DE



Sarah L. Woulfin, PhD, College of Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

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