On Saturday, March 9, 2019, the Twin Cities Area Reading Council (TCARC) and Scholastic Education welcomed Jan Richardson to the Twin Cities. The TCARC leadership along with 220 fellow educators came together to learn with Jan. Jan Richardson spoke eloquently about comprehension from her book, The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading: An Assess-Decide-Guide Framework for Supporting Every Reader. Jan reminded us that guided reading is not the entire literacy block. It is a part

Literacy professionals from across the Twin Cities recently gathered at St. Kate’s University to attend the Twin Cities Area Reading Council (TCARC)/Scholastic Education’s Achievement Event with literacy experts Maria P. Walther and Carmen Agra Deedy along with Scholastic Education presenters that focused on harnessing the power and joy of reading to increase achievement for all students. The morning event began with Maria P. Walther’s presentation entitled Peace, Joy, and Bo

In February, the Twin Cities Area Reading Council (TCARC) through collaboration with Scholastic Education, hosted Pam Allyn at a Saturday workshop where participants were treated to Pam Allyn’s passion and extensive knowledge in the area of literacy instruction and equity in education. Pam is described as a “champion for kids and young people, for their real lives with stories, a teacher of teachers, author, and education entrepreneur.” Pam Allyn is the author of several book

The fall Twin Cities Area Reading Council (TCARC) event was a great success. In coordination with Scholastic, the Twin Cities Area Reading Council welcomed Scholastic Chief Academic Officer, Michael Haggen. Michael led a discussion with district leaders about equity in our schools. The evening was filled with discussion about literacy and how to assist our students in closing the “opportunity” gap. There was discussion about classroom libraries. Our classrooms need to be equi