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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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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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Q&A with Laura Bollman: Breaking Down Barriers to Literacy With Free Teacher Training (as seen in EdPost)

Rollins Staff February 2, 2023

With reading scores declining for most students across the nation, it’s imperative schools adopt science-based reading methods to ensure more students get the basics they need. With limited funds, how do states/districts tackle the massive…

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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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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…