Jeanne Paratore

Jeanne R. Paratore is currently Professor of Education and Coordinator of the Reading Education and Literacy Education programs at Boston University. She directs the university-based reading and writing clinic that provides year-round academic support to school-aged children who are experiencing learning difficulties and she serves as advisor to the Intergenerational Literacy Program, a family literacy program she founded in 1989 to support the English literacy learning of immigrant parents and their children. She is a former classroom teacher, reading specialist, and Title I director. She has conducted research and written widely on issues related to family literacy, classroom grouping practices, and interventions for struggling readers, and she is currently studying preparing teachers to use educational media and technology in ways that substantially advance children’s opportunities to learn. She served as co-curriculum director of the award-winning children’s television series, Between the Lions. Dr. Paratore is the recipient of the International Reading Association’s Celebrate Literacy Award and of the New England Reading Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award. She is a former member of the International Reading Association’s Board of Directors, and she is active in professional associations, presently as a member of the International Reading Association’s Response to Intervention Commission. She 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.