American Educator Fall 2008
by Jennifer Dubin

It was a typical day in Kimberly Bailey's second-grade classroom. Her students played in a sleeping bear's cave, made friends with animals named Badger, Mouse, and Gopher, and attended a small party in their honor. No guest from the local zoo walked around the room. No special visitor held their attention. Yet the students, clearly excited, constantly raised their hands to participate in the class discussion. So what accounted for their enthusiasm? Something as simple as reading a book aloud to each other.

But not just any book. The textbook these students were reading is Hiding Places. As its title suggests, the book features reading passages about animals and their habitats. It's specifically geared toward second graders and is part of a scientifically based reading program.
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Coordinator of the Year
by Shannon Overbeck

In January 2008, the Alabama Federation for the Council of Exceptional Children honored Khristie Goodwin with the 2007-2008 Margaret Vann Award for Outstanding Special Education Coordinator. For the last seven years, Ms. Goodwin has been a special education coordinator for the Oxford City School System. She is a demonstrated leader in her district, as well as across the state of Alabama, and is instrumental in the implementation of research-based reading and math programs, including the Voyager Universal Literacy System®, Voyager Passport™ and Vmath®.
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Reading Success
at Gracewood Elementary in Richmond County, Georgia

For the past five years, Gracewood Elementary School in Richmond County, Georgia, has been recognized as a Title I Distinguished School and Principal, Mary Braswell strongly believes that accomplishment has a lot to do with Voyager.
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