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Reading and Language Arts Center

The Reading and Language Arts Center serves as a coordinating agency for the improvement of literacy instruction and literacy teacher education from the undergraduate through the doctoral levels.

The Center’s faculty provides graduate programs and courses within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction that offer concentrations in reading and language arts, including programs that lead to state certifications.

It is the intent of the Reading-Language Arts Center faculty to develop professionals with leadership potential who are prepared to improve reading and language arts instruction in Connecticut’s schools.

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Recent Department Headlines

A large group of graduates in blue robes and hats pose together in the atrium of the Gentry Building at UConn Storrs. Jonathan XIV sits in front of the group.

Neag School Graduate Programs Continue to Be Ranked Among the Best in the Nation

The School has been named a top 30 public graduate school of education by U.S. News & World Report for the 10th straight year

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Connecticut’s 2025 Letters About Literature Contest Winners Named

UConn’s Neag School of Education, Department of English, and Connecticut Writing Project, co-sponsors of the 32nd annual Letters About Literature contest, are proud to announce the winners for the 2024-25 academic year

Group photo of Neag School's 2025 Outstanding Alumni.

Eight Neag School Alumni Honored at 27th Annual Alumni Awards Celebration

On March 15, Alumni Board members, faculty, staff, administrators, friends, and guests gathered at the Student Union Ballroom to honor outstanding alumni

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Coalition of Education Groups Hosts CT Premiere of “Counted Out” Math Documentary

More than 400 attend screening of film that offers a new perspective on math and its foundational influences on society, democracy, and economic opportunity