Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida State appoints new director for Florida Center for Reading Research

Published: October 1, 2020 | 4:14 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University · Florida State appoints new director for Florida Center for Reading Research Florida State University has appointed FSU Professor of Education Nicole Patton Terry as director of the Florida Center for Reading Research (FCRR), a multidisciplinary research center that investigates all aspects of reading and reading-related skills across the lifespan. Patton Terry […]

FSU professors receive grants to support special education research

Published: May 15, 2019 | 11:33 am | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

Two Florida State University College of Education faculty members have received Early Career grants from the Institute for Education Sciences. Laura Steacy and Jenny Root, both assistant professors of special education, will each receive $500,000 over four years to conduct research on ways to support students with learning disabilities. Veronica Fleury, also an assistant professor […]

FSU researchers receive $3M to create national repository for data on learning disabilities

Published: January 24, 2019 | 10:30 am | Posted in: News, Science & Technology

Sara Hart, associate professor of psychology, will lead a project with FSU Libraries to build the nation's first-of-its-kind big-data repository at FSU.

The federal government will award nearly $3 million over five years to researchers at Florida State University, so they can build a first-of-its-kind national data repository that aims to inspire innovative research that helps children with learning disabilities. The ambitious project, supported by FSU Libraries, is led by Sara Hart, associate professor of psychology and research […]

FSU researchers partner with Harvard, MIT on $30M ‘Reach Every Reader’ project

Published: March 8, 2018 | 2:07 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Florida Center for Reading Research and College of Communication and Information at Florida State University have announced a collaborative partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrated Learning Initiative to research improving early childhood literacy through personalized intervention. The goal of the five-year, $30 million Reach Every […]

FSU research team nets $8M grant to focus on students with learning disabilities

Published: November 13, 2017 | 8:50 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Richard Wagner, the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Eugenia and Russell Morcom Chair

A Florida State University-based research team studying the best ways to help students with learning disabilities has received an $8 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Led by Richard Wagner, the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Eugenia and Russell Morcom Chair, the grant […]

USAID and Florida State University researchers partner to establish Nigerian Center for Reading Research And Development

Published: August 24, 2017 | 11:20 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Students in a classroom in northern Nigeria, where FSU’s Learning Systems Institute and Florida Center for Reading Research are teaming up with Bayero University-Kano in Nigeria to strengthen teacher education and improve children’s reading skills.

Acquiring reading skills can be difficult in an ideal setting, let alone an environment affected by crisis or conflict. That, however, is the harsh reality more than 2 million children living in northern Nigeria face each day. With the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a new partnership between researchers at Florida […]

Florida Center for Reading Research, Opening Nights Performing Arts promote summer reading

Published: June 5, 2017 | 11:45 am | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

‘Summer Arts Adventure’ Booklet Available Free Throughout Community Florida State University’s Florida Center for Reading Research and Opening Nights Performing Arts have developed the “Summer Arts Adventure” activity booklet to encourage elementary school-age students to read and engage with the arts during the summer break. Students can get their free copy at all Leon County […]

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