See you October 2-3, 2026, in Colorado Springs!
Check back later this summer for more information about Reading in the Rockies 2026
Want to Speak at Reading in the Rockies 2026?
Our Call for Papers is Open! IDA-RMB is looking for relevant and practical presentations based on the knowledge, content and principles of structured literacy and language, and aligned with the IDA National Structured Literacy Infographic. Click this link to review the details related to the International Dyslexia Association platform of Structured Literacy as Grounded in the Science of Reading and in IDA’s Knowledge and Practice Standards (KPS).
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Reading in the Rockies is for Professionals and Guardians!
Reading in the Rockies aims to provide a time and place for teachers, administrators, parents/guardians, and other professionals to learn, collaborate, and relax in a beautiful environment. Our speakers address relevant, essential and distinctive topics to build your capacity to support student success, improve your teaching skills, expand your thinking and continue to cultivate your knowledge with practical application strategies. This year is no exception, and we’re looking forward to seeing you all in Colorado Springs!
IDA-RMB’s mission is to deepen your professional development with explicit instructional strategies to increase your students’ academic success in both reading and writing. Much of our content will be relevant for your students, conducted by professionals with classroom experience, and can be used right away.
This year, our featured speaker is Dr. Claude Goldenberg!
Claude Goldenberg, Ph.D., is Nomellini & Olivier Professor of Education, emeritus, in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University.
He currently publishes a Substack, We must end the reading wars…. now, which is free to all users.
A native of Argentina, his areas of research and professional interest have centered on promoting academic achievement among language minority children and youth. Prior to his arrival at Stanford, Goldenberg was Professor of Teacher Education, Associate Dean of the College of Education, and Executive Director of the Center for Language Minority Education and Research (CLMER) at California State University, Long Beach.
Goldenberg received his A.B. in history from Princeton University and M.A. and Ph.D. from Graduate School of Education, UCLA. He has taught junior high school in San Antonio, TX, and first grade in a bilingual elementary school in the Los Angeles area.
Goldenberg was a National Academy of Education Spencer Fellow in 1986-88. In 1993 he received the Albert J. Harris Award (with Ronald Gallimore) from the International Reading Association for an article in Educational Researcher describing how beginning Spanish reading achievement improved at an elementary school where he taught first grade and conducted research on home and school influences on early literacy development. In 2004 he received the Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activities Award from California State University, Long Beach.
In 1997 he produced “Settings for Change,” a video describing a 5-year school improvement project that raised literacy achievement in a largely Latino, bilingual elementary school in the Los Angeles area. A book based on this project, Successful School Change: Creating Settings to Improve Teaching a Learning, was published in 2004 by Teachers College Press. Research stemming from the project (in collaboration with Bill Saunders, Ronald Gallimore, and Brad Ermeling) won the 2010 Best Research Award from Learning Forward.
Goldenberg co-authored Promoting Academic Achievement among English Learners: A Guide to the Research(with Rhoda Coleman; Corwin, 2010) and was co-editor of Language and Literacy Development in Bilingual Settings (with Aydin Durgunoglu; Guilford, 2011). He was on the National Research Council’s Committee for the Prevention of Early Reading Difficulties in Young Children and on the National Literacy Panel, which synthesized research on literacy development among language-minority children and youth.
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(NOTE: This link takes you to the IDA website. If you want a conference discount and joined after registration opens, you must send the confirmation email from IDA to ida_rmb@yahoo.com before you register for the conference.)
A Huge THANK YOU to our local partners who help us make a difference in our communities!
Colorado Kids Identified with Dyslexia (COKID)
AND OUR GRATITUDE TO ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY FOR PROVIDING A GRADUATE CREDIT OPTION FOR THE 2025 CONFERENCE!
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Adams State University
What people have said about previous Reading in the Rockies Conferences…
“Thanks-It was great! I rarely give ‘5’ ratings. I wish more parents and educators could have been here.”
“Excellent presenters – got so many helpful ideas – worth giving up a Saturday.”
Questions
For general conference questions, email us at ida_rmb@yahoo.com