Volume 48, Number 1 (2023)
February, 2023
Dear Readers,
Our journal, LPR-Online, is now read in over 60 countries. Congratulations to all--- our reviewers, authors, editors, and our publisher, who resides in Arizona and is an employee of Florida International University. We ask that readers write to us and let us know what information they need regarding literacy. We are happy to help. We also note the use of gender-neutral pronouns has become quite common in our global society. We respectfully request authors who write using gender-neutral pronouns state this fact underneath their publication title and names, so our readers expect and understand their discourse. I wish you the best in the new year and let us work together toward peace, kindness and understanding of all who inhabit our earth.
All the best.
Janet Richards, Senior Editor
Joyce Fine, Associate Editor
Kristen Fung, Managing Editor
Jessica Krentzman, Associate Editor
Articles
Literacy Stars in the Making: Reading & Writing Fluency Idol
Kristine Calo, Ellen Koitz, Jennifer Dinterman, and Cassidy O'Neill
Benefits of Supplemental Field Experiences: Reviewing Five Years of Program Data
Megan Adams and Sanjuana C. Rodriguez
Ungifted: Teacher Candidates’ Understanding of Giftedness through Literature Circles
Sharryn Larsen Walker and Wendie Lappin Castillo
About the Artist.
The year 2023 begins with the cover piece "Perspective on Literacy" by photographer Sara Bovey, of Molalla, Oregon. When asked what literacy meant to her, she said that literacy "is way more than just the ability to read. It branches out into the ability to escape from reality, enhances learning, and opens doors. It is networking. It is imagination. It is world-building. It's validation. It's affirmation. It is so many things." This piece takes the viewer's perspective and stretches it in a way that makes the simple act of reading feel surreal and abstract.