NEA and WETA have resources to support educators, students and their families
A collection of educational resources developed in partnership with WETA.
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NEA has teamed up with PBS station WETA to offer a variety of resources to help educators and families work collaboratively to ensure student success, both at school and at home. Our resources include instructional videos with expert tips on reading strategies, information on special education, tips for English language learners, articles that highlight best practices and more!
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Hispanic Heritage Month Themed Booklist
In this booklist, you’ll find a range of titles — young adult novels by award-winning authors, bilingual poetry, biography, memoir — celebrating Latinx culture and examining the immigrant experience.
SEL for English Language Learners: What Educators Need to Know
Learn more about social and emotional learning (SEL) and how to engage English learners in SEL activities and routines in the classroom.
Setting the Tone for the Day Through SEL
Learn how Virginia's Alexandria City Public Schools formalized social-emotional learning for diverse groups of students of different ages.
The Benefits of SEL on Students with Trauma
Learn how a Chicago English teach shares social-emotional learning tools with her high school students that they can use both inside and outside of the classroom.
Family Stories
This article, developed in partnership with WETA, provides a number of ways that you can make storytelling a part of the time your family spends together.
Social and Emotional Support for English Language Learners
From Colorín Colorado: These resources highlight many different aspects of social and emotional learning (SEL) and supports for English language learners (ELLs) and immigrant students.
Expert Answers to Family Questions About Reading and Writing with Deaf Children
In this special Reading Rockets video series, experts answer real questions from families about reading and how to support their children at home.
Meet the Author Videos
Our exclusive video interviews with diverse authors are a great resource for your classroom!
Social-Emotional Learning 101
Christina Cipriano, PhD, at the Yale Child Study Center, explains the basics of social-emotional learning.
Writing SOS: Expert Answers to Family Questions About Writing
In this special Reading Rockets video series, experts answer real questions from families about writing and how to support their children's literacy at home.
Adolescent Literacy
Looking for information and resources to help your struggling adolescent readers and writers? AdLit, a program made possible through a grant from NEA, has a multimedia library of free, research-based resources to support your students in grades 6-12.
Teaching Young Children to Read
Looking at Reading Interventions
In this special Reading Rockets video series, students in grades K-3 work one-on-one with reading expert Linda Farrell on specific reading skills.
Reading 101: A Guide for Parents
This guide will give you a better understanding of what it takes to learn to read (and write) and how you can help your children grow as readers, writers, and learners.
Reading Tips for Stronger Vocabulary and Comprehension
Created in partnership with Reading Rockets, this video series invites reading experts to answer actual questions from families about how to support their children's vocabulary and comprehension skills at home.
Special Education Spotlight
Special Education and Your Child: FAQs for Multilingual Families
If your child needs special education services, or might need them, you may have many questions. This information, developed in partnership with WETA, can help you get started.
Expert Answers to Family Questions About Reading and Writing with Deaf Children
In this special Reading Rockets video series, experts answer real questions from families about reading and how to support their children at home.
Reading SOS Special Video Series: Learning Disabilities
Listen to experts answer family questions about dyslexia and other learning disabilities.
Parent Tips from Read Across America
NEA’s Read Across America—a year-round program that focuses on motivating children and teens to read—has recommended books, resources, and advice for parents on instilling a love of reading in their children.
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