PORTSMOUTH, N.H.,
Sept. 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Heinemann today announced
that professional book author Dr. Kylene
Beers will receive the James R.
Squire Award from the National Council for Teaching English
(NCTE). The award will be presented at NCTE's Annual Conference,
taking place in Boston, MA from
November 21-24, 2024.
The James R. Squire Award
(formerly called the NCTE Executive Committee Award) was
established in 1967 and recognizes outstanding service to the
stature and development of NCTE and the discipline which it
represents, and to education as a whole. This special award is
given to an individual who has had a transforming influence and has
made a lasting intellectual contribution to the profession.
"Heinemann has been proud to publish Kylene Beers' professional books for more than
two decades," said Maggie DeMont,
general manager of Heinemann. "She has been a guiding force in the
industry, both advocating for teachers and helping students in the
classroom to learn and grow. We're delighted to congratulate her
and join NCTE in recognizing the far-reaching impact of Kylene's
work—a well-deserved honor for such a dedicated teacher."
Dr. Beers is the author or co-author of many acclaimed books
including Disrupting Thinking, Reading
Nonfiction and Notice and Note: Strategies for
Close Reading. A second edition of her bestselling title
When Kids Can't Read was released in 2023.
For more information about Heinemann's resources for teachers,
please visit Heinemann.com/teacherresources.
About Dr. Kylene
Beers
Dr. Kylene Beers
is currently an international literacy consultant and previously
was a Senior Reading Researcher at the Comer School Development
Program at Yale University. She began
her career as a middle school language arts teacher outside of
Houston, TX.
Kylene has served on committees with the International Reading
Association and the National Council of Teachers of English and is
an often-invited keynote speaker to national and state conventions.
She has served as editor of the national literacy journal Voices
from the Middle, chair of the National Literacy Coalition,
invited special assistant to the National Governor's Association
committee on education and special consultant to the State
Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards of the Council of
State Chief School Officers. She was president of the National
Council of Teachers of English and has served on the international
LitWorld Foundation advisory board. She is a recipient of the NCTE
CEL Leadership Award and the NCTE Richard Halle Award for
Outstanding Contributions to Literacy Education at the Middle
Grades.
Most importantly, Kylene is a teacher who continues to work in
classrooms today across the nation as she works
shoulder-to-shoulder with teachers and students. When not on an
airplane, Kylene lives on her ranch with her husband, Brad, in
central Texas.
About Heinemann
Heinemann is a publisher of
professional resources and a provider of educational services for
educators, kindergarten through college. Heinemann supports the
professionalism and compassion of teachers as they help children
become literate, empathetic, knowledgeable citizens. Heinemann
authors are exemplary educators eager to support the practice of
other teachers through books, videos, workshops, online courses and
most recently through explicit teaching materials. Heinemann is
dedicated to teachers. Discover the path to lifelong professional
learning at Heinemann.com.
Media Contact:
Erika
McCaffrey
Communications Director
Heinemann Publishing
erika.mccaffrey@heinemann.com
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