Literacy Teaching & Learning

The Capital District Writing Project, a local site of the National Writing Project based at UAlbany that works to enhance the teaching of writing in local schools, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with the launch of a permanent art exhibition and book commemorating its recent Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice initiative.

The Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy, made possible through a UAlbany endowment established in memory of Distinguished Professor Arthur Applebee, is given annually to honor an outstanding and influential article in literacy research published in a refereed journal in the previous calendar year. David E. Low and Jessica Z. Pandya have been honored for their research this year.

Virginia Goatley, a longtime leader and nationally recognized scholar at the University at Albany, has been named dean of the School of Education, Provost Carol Kim announced.

The Arthur Applebee Award for Excellence in Research on Literacy, made possible through a UAlbany endowment established in memory of Distinguished Professor Arthur Applebee, is given annually to honor an outstanding and influential article in literacy research published in a refereed journal in the previous calendar year. Lucía Cárdenas Curiel and Leah Durán have been honored for their research this year.

Artworks with profound statements from Capital Region K-12 students and teachers can be witnessed from June 10-24 in Studio Room 223 in the Fine Arts Building in the exhibition “Freedom Dreaming for Educational Justice.”