Jeanne R. Paratore
Associate Professor of Literacy, Language and Cultural Studies,
Boston University School of Education
Dr. Jeanne R. Paratore holds a M.Ed. in Reading Education from the University of New Hampshire, Durham, and an Ed.D. in Reading and Language from Boston University. A current faculty member at Boston University, she has been a classroom teacher, a reading specialist, and a Title I director. In 1989, Dr. Paratore joined the Boston University/Chelsea, Massachusetts School Partnership, a comprehensive urban school reform effort through which she collaborated with classroom teachers to improve classroom assessment and literacy instruction. Dr. Paratore founded and now serves as advisor to the Intergenerational Literacy Project, a family literacy program that serves immigrant parents and their children.
Dr. Paratore's most recent book, After Early Intervention, Then What?: Teaching Struggling Readers in Grades 3 and Beyond, was identified as one of the International Reading Association's ten best-selling books. In 2002, she completed a three-year term as a member of the International Reading Association's Board of Directors. Dr. Paratore is a frequent speaker on literacy instruction and has presented at local, national, and international conferences as well as in school districts throughout the United States.
- Grouping for Literacy Learning: Lessons Learned About What Works and What Does Not
- Using Evidence to Guide Effective Instruction in Literacy
- Supporting Content-Area Instruction with Effective Reading Instruction
- The Balance Between Home and School: Parents and Teachers Learning Together
