How did you begin your career, and what led you to your current position? My career began when I decided to study philology and languages with an emphasis on English. It has been a long journey since ...

The Holy Family University chapter of Alpha Upsilon Alpha serves the community by engaging in pen pal projects with local schools, organizing trips to literacy conferences, mentoring new teachers, and ...

The following is a supplement to “Solving the Wordle: How Word Puzzles Can Help Elementary Students Become Skilled Readers,” an article by Mark Lauterbach and Marcy Zipke in the January/February/March ...

ILA’s Literacy Glossary was created to identify and define key terms relevant to literacy research and instruction. This living document provides a shared vocabulary, one that supports critical and ...

ILA recognizes and celebrates the outstanding contributions of individuals and chapters in our network who are committed to our shared mission of connecting research and practice to improve the ...

Meet our 2025 class of emerging leaders in literacy.

ILA Resource Collections offer evidence-based, practitioner-friendly content carefully curated from recorded sessions, peer-reviewed journal articles, magazine features, and research-based ...

ILA position statements reflect ILA’s perspective on important topics within the landscape of literacy education, as well as provide guidance to those working in and on behalf of the field. The ILA ...

The articles in this collection were selected from ILA journals for their direct applicability to the challenges of teaching in 2020, including the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism. They ...

Welcome to your professional literacy learning hub! ILA’s digital events focus on timely topics and research-based instruction and are ideal for literacy educators of all types. These online events ...

Groups affiliate with ILA through chartered chapters operating at the state and provincial levels. ILA members can tap into these local chapter networks to collaborate with colleagues, gain ...

The ILA 2020 What’s Hot in Literacy Report goes beyond a ranked list of trending topics to offer a deeper look at what literacy professionals think about the issues most critical to the future of ...