Jamaica High School Celebrates Success
Denham Town High School in Kingston, Jamaica recently shared the successful results of a collaborative, year-long effort that sought to transform their desperately challenged inner-city school. In 2021, the school was identified as the worst-performing school in its district. The school faced numerous obstacles including high levels of crime and violence. It had very…
Leverage American Rescue Plan for Literacy Growth with Lindamood-Bell PD
Relief funding from Congress includes over $100 billion in support of K-12 schools. Take advantage of these funds to get students back on track and boost literacy achievement with Lindamood-Bell Professional Development. Lindamood-Bell Professional Development builds teacher expertise in literacy instruction Evidence-based programs supported by the cognitive science of reading In-person and online…
Lindamood-Bell is an Approved Professional Development Provider in Massachusetts
As an approved Professional Development Provider in Massachusetts, we have trained thousands of educators across the state, including in Boston Public Schools, Chicopee Public Schools, Holyoke Public Schools, and the Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative. We provide teacher workshops to address phonemic awareness, phonics, orthographic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Our interventions are systematic and…
Leaders in Literacy
As a teacher, New Mexico state special education director, and ultimately as the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) at the US Department of Education, Dr. Bob Parternack has spent his career focused on improving outcomes for students. In these specially curated excerpts from his past Leaders in Literacy…
Should we expand our understanding of the cognitive sciences that support reading instruction?
What’s missing in the “Science of Reading” movement? While current reform efforts capture some basic components of evidence-based methods, they are limited in scope and insufficient for all learners, especially the most disadvantaged readers. The cognitive sciences that inform the processes of reading offer a more comprehensive and up to date approach to improving…
Lindamood-Bell Tutoring Corps Approved by Texas Education Agency
High-impact tutoring, with evidence-based programs, is a key strategy in the American Rescue Plan to address lost learning and to help disadvantaged students catch up in reading and math. For the second straight year, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) approved Lindamood-Bell as a tutoring provider for the 2022 -23 school year. According to the agency,…
Lindamood-Bell selected by the Louisiana Department of Education as a Provider of Professional Development in Special Education
Lindamood-Bell is proud to have been selected by the Louisiana Department of Education as a Provider of Professional Development in Special Education. The Louisiana Department of Education Partnerships for Success Guide leads educators to professional development that will help develop their capacity to meet the needs of students. We teach educators evidence-based interventions that…
We Offer Evidence-Based PD that Transforms Schools
We Offer Evidence-Based PD that Transforms Schools Lindamood-Bell is pleased to offer professional development in Evidence-Based Interventions, as approved by the Nevada Department of Education. The intervention programs meet the criteria for data-informed decision-making and interventions, as well as leadership development & capacity building for school transformation. Sustained Professional Development Lindamood-Bell offers levels of…
We Offer PD in the Science of Reading
Lindamood-Bell is pleased to offer professional development in the Science of Reading, as approved by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. The Seeing Stars® and Visualizing and Verbalizing® programs address the components outlined in the Reading Sufficiency Act (RSA). As an industry leader in reading interventions and professional development for more than 35 years, we…
Intensive Summer Reading Instruction
Re-imagine High Impact Tutoring and Extended Learning Opportunities For too many students, summer is a time of learning regression. This can be particularly devastating in light of the pandemic’s impact on student learning. Increasingly, school districts are taking proactive steps to remediate reading difficulties by utilizing the summer months to provide intensive, sensory-cognitive…
