TRL-IL?s mission is to advance the awareness, understanding, and use of evidence-aligned reading instruction throughout Illinois.

We set forth to achieve our mission by:

• Bridging the gap between research and practice.
• Working to demystify and disseminate the body of multidisciplinary research explaining how people of all ages can attain literacy.
• Providing readily accessible information and support for teachers, administrators, legislators, parents, educational institutions, and the broader community regarding maximally effective reading instruction.
• Building community among stakeholders to support and encourage each other to continually improve.

TRL-IL provides free monthly webinars on a variety of related topics with an eye towards both knowledge-building and practical applications of that knowledge; hosts monthly informal Coffee Chats for members to interact with Illinois-based change-makers; sponsors a summer book study to facilitate a deep dive into critical aspects of literacy instruction; and engages with the wider conversation around structured literacy through its social media accounts.

TRL-IL started hosting events in January 2022, and in less than a year we have already hosted 13 different events and reached over 5500 educators across the state and country! Every purchase helps us to continue this work. Thank you!