IRA officials travel to Costa Rica, plan for World Congress

 IRA President Linda Gambrell, President-elect Barbara J. Walker, and Executive Director Alan Farstrup describe as “outstanding” the planning and organization for the 22nd World Congress on Reading, which will take place July 28 to 31, 2008 in San Jose, Costa Rica. The three were visiting Costa Rica to assist in the preparation for next year’s World Congress and received press coverage in La Nacion, a leading newspaper in that country. Gambrell explained that given the great cultural complexity of the world “our students need to have high levels of reading and writing” and teachers who are prepared to teach them well. Read an English translation of that article.

Lea acerca del 22° Congreso Mundial de Lectura en este artículo que publicó el periòdico La Naciòn de San José, Costa Rica.