Lift-Off for Early Literacy: Directed Reading Opportunities for Struggling Students

Linda Baker, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Charlene Iannone-Campbell, M.A., C.A.S.E., NBCT, is Director of Early Learning for Baltimore City Public Schools. She is dedicated to urban education and is passionate about providing excellent preschool resources to Baltimorea s youngest learners and their families. She has been an educator for 18 years and has served as a classroom teacher, special educator, department head, reading specialist, and mentor-teacher. Susan Lloyd Lattimore, Ed.M., M.S., has worked with Baltimore City Public School children since 1975 as a special educator, reading specialist, and early literacy teacher leader. Her concern for the plight of struggling readers led her and a team of dedicated colleagues to launch Project Early ID, a response to intervention pilot program that became the basis for this book. From 2005 to 2010, she served as Director of the project, which identifies and addresses early indicators of reading difficulties. "