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About
Mission
Beliefs
Goals
Who is WSRA
WSRA Board of Directors
WSRA Friends of Literacy
Past Presidents
Non-Discrimination Statement
Contact WSRA
Membership
Member Benefits
Join Online
Renew Online
Full-time Student Membership
Mail In Membership Forms
WSRA Friends of Literacy
Professional Learning
The WSRA Journal
WSRA Update
Developing Expertise!
Research Symposium
Pat Bricker Memorial Research Scholarship Award
Conference
2027 WSRA Conference
Conference Registration
Sponsorships
WSRA Conference Handouts
Future Conferences
Committees
Councils
Overview
Ashland Bayfield Counties LC
Central Wis RC
Door County RC
Eau Claire Area RC
Fox Valley RC
Green Bay LC
Headwaters LC
Hidden Valley RC
Lake Superior LC
Interlake RC
Madison ARC
Milwaukee ARC
Mid East RC
Muirland LC
Midwest RC
Northeast RC
Northwest RC
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Rock River RC
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Wis Professors of Reading
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The Red Book Organization
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2026 Conference Proposal
2027 WSRA Conference
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February 11-12, 2027
Milwaukee at the Baird Center
Literacy Without Limits: Empowering Voices, Imaging Futures
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WSRA 2026 Winter Journal is now online
accessible
by members only)
In this Journal:
From the Editor, "Beyond the Script: Reclaiming the Complexity of Literacy"
by Katrena Leininger
"Policy to Practice: The Impact and Implementation of Reading Mandates"
by Elissa Hinze, Hiawatha D. Smith
"Centering Children and Working Towards Equity: Teaching All Children to Read"
by Catherine Compton-Lilly
"Beyond Bookshelves and Bulletin Boards: Embedding Culturally Responsive
Pedagogy into Literacy and Math Instruction" by Katherine Beauchat, Luminita Hartle
"Taking Play Beyond 4K: Guided Play as Literacy Practice in Kindergarten
and First Grade" by Lydia Immel, Karli Hinkley
"Professional Book Review: Everyday Advocacy" by Kathryn Champeau
"Picturebook Review: La Malete de Tesoros" by Hannah Ribbens
Click here to access the WSRA Journal
What We're Reading
WSRA leaders are currently participating in the
“Helping You Help Our Kids” Leaders Book Club
, where the selected text is
Everyday Advocacy: Teachers Who Change the Literacy Narrative
by Cathy Fleisher and Antero Garcia. Grounded in decades of teacher research, this practical, action-oriented book focuses on the skills educators need to advance meaningful and equitable literacy practices for all children—in classrooms, schools, districts, and beyond.
Dr. Antero Garcia
, co-author of
Everyday Advocacy
, is a faculty member at Stanford University and the current
President-elect of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
. A dedicated teacher and literacy advocate, Dr. Garcia will also serve as our
Friday keynote speaker
at the
2026 WSRA Conference
in Milwaukee on
February 6
WSRA Local Councils Membership and ACT 20 Support Group
The  ACT 20 Support Group Meetings are a Success!
Join us for our next session on
May 6, 2026.
Participants are meeting monthly to share successes and challenges as ACT 20 is implemented in classrooms across Wisconsin. These meetings provide a space for open discussion, reflection, and collaboration.
The group is supported by three Wisconsin professors of literacy:
Dr. Jackie Easley
, Carthage College
Dr. Susan Tily
, UW–Eau Claire
Dr. Emily Hines
, UW–Stout
Register Here!
Check out the Families and Literacy Committee's
New Winter Lotto and Newsletter!
Families and Literacy Page
WSRA is now taking submissions of manuscripts for the
WSRA Journal
Consider submitting:
Research Articles
Teaching Tips or Teaching Strategies
Professional or Children's Book Reviews
Informative articles that focus on
Writing instruction
AI in Education
Multilingual Learners
Early Intervention
Writing
And More!
Manuscripts accepted now for Summer editi
on. Please submit by May 1st.
Submit Your Manuscript Here
Fact Checking the Science of Reading
Free access and download to this text,
Fact Checking the Science of Reading: Opening Up the Conversation
"Rob Tierney and P David Pearson explore the validity of claims associated with the Science of Reading as they have appeared in social media, the popular press, and academic works.
The book offers a comprehensive review of these claims—analyzing the evidence, reasoning, assumptions, and consequences associated with each claim—and closes with ideas for moving beyond the debates to greater consensus or accommodation of differences. The book is a must read for educators involved in teaching reading, as well as parents, policy makers, and other stakeholders."
Access the entire book here
"Toward Comprehensive, Research-Informed Literacy Instruction: Thinking With, Against, and Beyond the Science of Reading"
Sponsored by the Ithaca College Department of Education, February 22, 2024
2024 Ithaca College Educational Freedom Lecture
Featuring Maren Aukerman
Recording of the 2024 Spring Educational Freedom Lecture at Ithaca College, featuring Dr. Maren Aukerman, Werklund Research Professor at the University of Calgary
Watch it on the
Ithaca College Site
Science of Reading Unpacked
Podcast on FreshEd
with Elena Aydarova
Elena unpacks how the Science of Reading has been used to push an agenda of standardization and privatization.
Elena Aydarova, an assistant professor in the educational policy studies department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has two recent publications on the science of reading: One in Harvard Educational Review entitled
“‘Whatever you want to call it’: Science of Reading Mythologies in the Education Reform Movement”
and a second article in the American Journal of Education entitled “
What you see is not what you get: Science of reading reforms as a guise for standardization, centralization, and privatization
.”
Listen to Elena on FreshEd
Debunking SoR Neuroscience Claims Webinar
From April 24, 2024 - with Dr. Steven Strauss
Sponsored by the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
Dr. Steven Strauss, an MD in Neurology and PhD in Linguistics shares his critical analysis of the false neuroscience and linguistic claims promoted by the Science of Reading. Insights from experts in neuroscience, linguistics and biliteracy are the focus of this Webinar.
Watch on Youtube
Dr. Steven Strauss answers questions following his webinar,
"Debunking Science of Reading Neuroscience Claims"
Presented by Dr. Steven Strauss
Sponsored by the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
MOVING FORWARD from the "Science of Reading" Webinar
From June 4, 2024 - with Dr. Robert J Tierney and  Dr. P David Pearson
Sponsored by the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
Tierney and Pearson highlight the information and claims associated with the Science of Reading as they have appeared in social media, the popular press, and academic works from their book,
Fact-Checking The Science of Reading.
Watch on Youtube
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The Wisconsin State Reading Association provides
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and
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of literacy,
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our diverse students,
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their literacies
in meaningful ways in a changing world
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