Imua Literacy: Moving Hawaiʻi forward with local solutions.

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Hawai‘i is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse states in the country. As a result, English learners (ELs) make…

 Disciplinary literacies have always been a hot topic for secondary schools since much of the literacy learning in these grades occurs across the content areas. Even the Hawaii Common Core State Stan…

How can we build this bridge from school to home in a way that can be relevant to the world that families live in today? Family Resource Centers (FRC) are one way to promote family engagement that pr…

We have 50 years of research that proves family engagement is an important strategy to improve students’ literacy (and overall?) learning - so why is this still so hard to achieve? In this episode, w…

In this episode, we are chatting with an esteemed colleague, literacy peep, and friend, David Yung, from Waimanalo Elementary. We will explore the role that phonological awareness plays in early lite…

Today, we focused on quality preschool education, including some discussion on a few promising approaches to sparking curiosity and engagement for kids. We also emphasized the importance of what is d…

In today's episode, we’ll speak to literacy leaders Nicki and Kara from Read to Me International to better understand how to foster developmentally appropriate learning opportunities for our emergent…

Imua Literacy is a podcast dedicated to moving Hawaiʻi forward with local literacy solutions. In today's episode, we share our "WHY" for the creation of the podcast and our HOPES for being a part of …