News

    Friday April 5, 2013
  • April PD Opportunities

    Renowned author and educator Ellin Oliver Keene to lead additional professional learning opportunities in Springfield, MA

  • Monday February 11, 2013
  • Zanetti conducts Public Research Lesson

    Zanetti Montessori Magnet School recently conducted a Public Research Lesson featuring the fourth- and fifth-grade teachers.

  • Friday December 14, 2012
  • January PD opportunities

    Renowned author and educator Ellin Oliver Keene to lead additional professional learning opportunities in Springfield, MA.

  • Wednesday October 24, 2012
  • CLI staff attend KU coaching conference

    Cornerstone Literacy staff members recently attended the Seventh Annual Instructional Coaching Conference. Billed as "A Global Summit on Coaching," the conference featured leading experts from England, Australia and the US.

  • Monday October 1, 2012
  • CLI president to speak at Samford University

    Victor Young will deliver a speech on how to provide high-quality learning opportunities for all children—especially those at risk—at the OBB School of Education on October 10.

  • Friday September 14, 2012
  • Dorman School teachers experience lesson study

    On September 11, the 3rd-, 4th-, and 5th-grade teams from Dorman School took a much-anticipated visit to Warner Elementary to participate in their first lesson study.

  • Thursday August 23, 2012
  • CLI participates in Knight Instructional Coaching Institutes

    National Senior Literacy Fellow Wendy Seger recently joined approximately 75 other educators from across the country in Lawrence, Kansas, at the Instructional Coaching Institutes I and II, sponsored by the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning (KUCR

  • Saturday July 21, 2012
  • CLI staff members attend Andover Bread Loaf

    Four Cornerstone Literacy staff members recently participated in the Andover Bread Loaf Writing Workshop at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA.

  • Tuesday April 24, 2012
  • Staff members attend institute on Common Core

    Several Cornerstone Literacy staff members recently traveled to Lawrence, Kansas, to attend an institute on developing curriculum around the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) through professional collaboration.

  • Tuesday April 24, 2012
  • SPS middle school conducts first lesson study

    South End Middle School in Springfield, MA, recently conducted its first lesson study.

  • Tuesday March 27, 2012
  • Cornerstone Literacy program director earns doctorate

    Rebecca McKay successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, titled Case Study of Second-Grade Teachers’ Comprehension Instruction.