Posts Tagged ‘literacy’
In the Community: Walnut Grove Intermediate School, West Covina, CA
Each month, a member of the Westchester K-12 team has the opportunity to make an impact in a local community by contributing to a classroom project on DonorsChoose.org that is in need of funding. Anne Riccio, Senior Supervising Editor, ELA & Humanities tells us about the project she chose in May: Tell us about…
Read MoreMeet Marie Brown
Marie Brown founded Brown Publishing Network in 1983, a company that provided publishers with some of the most highly respected K-12 product development services in the market. After nearly 30 years of operation, Brown made the decision to sell Brown Publishing Network to Six Red Marbles in 2011. You started your career as a teacher; what…
Read MoreMeet Anne Riccio
Anne Riccio, Senior Supervising Editor, ELA & Humanities, oversees the development of Literacy and Social Studies programs. She has a strong background in both subject areas, having worked directly in schools as a social studies teacher, and also as a director of reading content development. Before joining Westchester K-12, Anne led the development of…
Read MoreInternational Literacy Association Conference – July 2018
by Anne Riccio, Senior Supervising Editor, ELA & Humanities I recently attended the ILA conference, which took place in Austin, TX. While attendance has been decreasing over the past few years, the teachers who were in attendance were very enthusiastic. I certainly came away feeling energized by what I heard at the sessions. I attended…
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