Congratulations to Ann Leon, a member of CORE’s Educational Services Team, for being awarded the California Reading & Literature Project: John Shefelbine Award for Leadership in Literacy. Ann is a 2019 CSU Sacramento Region recipient along with Johanna Kirkman, co-director of the California Reading & Literature Project. In addition to 20 years as an elementary […]

Welcome to the spring 2019 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter! In this edition of the Academic Quarterly, we step back in time to Fall 2014 where we first published the following Reading Expert article. We believe the information is still very relevant in light of the current calls for standards-based curriculum and equity […]

Members of the CORE team were in Long Beach, California March 20-23 at the annual CABE conference. In addition to exhibiting at the event, CORE presented two sessions. The handouts are available for download.

Members of the CORE team were in Lake Buena Vista, Florida March 7-9 at the annual NABE conference. In addition to exhibiting at the event, CORE presented five sessions. The handouts are available for download.

Welcome to the winter 2019 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter! In this edition, you’ll find the Reading Expert examining the role of Guided Reading in differentiated small group instruction while the Marvelous Mathematician completes his second article in a two-part series on students with disabilities. This article focuses on the types of materials and knowledge […]

Check out the new 3rd edition of the popular Teaching Reading Sourcebook, with content updates and a brand new chapter on MTSS.  Assessing Reading: Multiple Measures, 2nd Edition has also been revised with new, clearer test instructions and an easy-to-use format. Purchase both of these must-have guides and save 10%. Learn more.

Welcome to the Fall 2018 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter! October is dyslexia awareness month! You may recall that there have been two previous editions of the Academic Quarterly’s Reading Expert devoted to dyslexia. The Spring 2018 edition focused on Misconceptions about Dyslexia and the Winter 2018 edition focused on the difference between screening […]

Congratulations to Dale Webster, CORE’s Chief Academic Officer, who was selected from over 100 applications to be on California’s State Literacy Needs Assessment Team! The role of the State Literacy Needs Assessment Team is to provide feedback to the California Department of Education on the proposed questions for the state literacy needs assessment and to assist […]

Hundreds of phonics-based, hi-lo, and Lexiled reading materials  for at-risk, ESL, and struggling readers High Noon Books offers struggling readers books that will be of interest to them, at their reading level. These highly-engaging books incorporate much more than short sentences and low Lexile scores. They contain controlled vocabulary, subtle repetition of vocabulary, predictable text, and […]

Welcome to the Spring 2018 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter! The end of the school year is upon us! We hope that you have had a productive school year and feel proud of the learning that your students have accomplished. In this edition’s Reading Expert column, we tackle some misconceptions about dyslexia that still […]

Welcome to the Winter 2018 edition of the CORE Academic Quarterly newsletter! Spring is in the air! We at CORE hope that your school year has gone well and the upcoming testing period and the end of the school year (fast approaching) will go smoothly. In this issue of the Academic Quarterly, in the Reading Expert section, […]

CORE will be delivering two presentations at CABE 2018, March 28-31, in Sacramento, California. And be sure to visit us at Booth 223! CORE’s President, Linda Diamond, and our Senior Adolescent Literacy Coordinator, Lauren Greenberg, will deliver, “Scaffolding Complex Text for English Learners,” on Thursday, March 29, at 1:30pm. DOWNLOAD HANDOUT Lauren Greenberg, our Senior Adolescent […]

CORE delivered five presentations at NABE 2018, March 1-3, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Download the presentations and handouts below. CORE’s President, Linda Diamond, and our Senior Adolescent Literacy Coordinator, Lauren Greenberg, delivered, “Functional Grammar and the Implications for Academic Literacy and Text Study,” on March 2 at 8:30am. DOWNLOAD HANDOUT Our Chief Academic Officer, Dale Webster, […]

It is with great sadness that we said good-bye to our long-time advisory board member, Phyllis C. Hunter who passed away on February 4, 2018 in Houston, TX. Mrs. Hunter was a valued member of the CORE family and a true leader in the field of reading and literacy instruction. Throughout her 40-year career she […]

CORE’s President, Linda Diamond, delivered a presentation, “Scaffolding Vocabulary in the Context of Close Reading of Complex Text,” at Plain Talk About Literacy and Learning, February 26-28, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Download her handout below. DOWNLOAD HANDOUT