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Timothy Shanahan

Timothy Shanahan

director, Center for Literacy, U Illinois
Timothy Shanahan is a Professor of Urban Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Director of the UIC Center for Literacy. He has served as Director of Reading for the Chicago Public Schools, and is a former first grade teacher. His research focuses on the relationship of reading and writing, the assessment of reading ability, family literacy, and school improvement.  [more]