SEDL Letter, Volume XVII, Number 1

This issue of "SEDL Letter" discusses a variety of subjects, including how to improve instruction for adolescent readers and struggling readers, using literacy coaching as an approach for ongoing professional development, and how to motivate students to read. Also, a visit to Bernalillo, New Mexico, is described to acknowledge how literacy coaches have played a role in helping students at Algodones Elementary School and Bernalillo Middle School become better readers. Another article looks at the effects of Reading First in the SEDL region of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Finally, how SEDL is working with teachers in Georgia to help them turn their large numbers of Spanish-speaking students into English-language readers is described.