Dr. John Pikulski
IMPROVING READING ACHIEVEMENT: A WHOLE SCHOOL EFFORT

As keynote speaker, Dr. John Pikulski will address the teachers at the Sally Ride Academy on ways in which all educators can contribute to improving reading achievement and test scores.  Reading achievement ultimately depends on comprehension of a variety of texts, which in turn, depends on background knowledge and language skills - areas to which all teachers and school personnel can contribute.

Biography:

Dr. John J. (Jack) Pikulski is a Professor of Education at the University of Delaware.  He has made presentations at over 2,100 professional meetings in all 50 of the united States and 11 other nations.

Dr. Pikulski is a recognized leader in the International Reading Association and has served on its Board of Directors and as its president from 1997-1998.

Since 1992, Dr. Pikulski has served, and continues to serve, on the Reading Committee of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

He has published numerous articles in professional journals and has authored several professional textbooks.  Since 1980, he has contributed to Houghton Mifflin Reading Programs; to Early Success, and early intervention program; and to the Houghton Mifflin Pre-Kindergarten program.  He is the senior author of their most recent reading programs.

Dr. Pikulski has been the recipient of a number of prestigious awards including an Outstanding Alumnus Award for Temple University, the Farley Distinguished Alumni Award from Wilkes University, the Delaware Board of Education's Award for Excellence, Distinguished Educator Award from the National Association of Title I Directors, and he was one of the earliest winners of the IRA's international award as Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading.  He has the honor of having been elected by his peers to membership in the prestigious Reading Hall of Fame.