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An Incubator for Literacy Education

Degree, Conference, Writing Project and Student Writing Effort Combine To Create a Culture of Literacy Education In Northern Virginia at Shenandoah University

For a few special moments on the afternoon of May 31, the entire student body of Winchester’s Garland R. Quarles Elementary School (GQES) celebrated inside…

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Lessons in Education From Finland

Shenandoah Students Bring Home Insights From Top Educational System

Over spring break, three faculty members from Shenandoah University’s School of Education & Leadership (SEL) took 19 doctoral, master’s and undergraduate students to Finland to…

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Literacy Culture Inspires Book Dedication

Shenandoah University’s Children’s Literature Conference, the university-housed Shenandoah Valley Writer’s Project and a school devoted to literacy combine to create a story that must be told

It just had to happen at Garland R. Quarles Elementary School in Winchester, Virginia. And it just had to be connected to Shenandoah University’s annual…

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