{"id":20637,"date":"2026-01-28T16:23:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=20637"},"modified":"2026-01-28T16:23:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:23:25","slug":"ma-in-literacy-program-earns-international-literacy-association-top-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2026\/01\/28\/ma-in-literacy-program-earns-international-literacy-association-top-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"MA in Literacy Program Earns International Literacy Association Top Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The University of Colorado Denver\u2019s\u00a0online\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ucdenver.edu\/academics\/graduate\/literacy-education\/detail\/Reading-and-Writing-MA\" rel=\"noopener\">MA in Literacy Education with the Reading Specialist\u00a0Endorsement<\/a><\/u>\u00a0has earned the\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.literacyworldwide.org\/get-involved\/awards-recognition\/national-recognition\/recipients\" rel=\"noopener\">International Literacy Association<\/a><\/u>\u2019s\u00a0(ILA)\u00a0National Recognition\u00a0with\u00a0Distinction, the organization\u2019s top honor for literacy educator preparation programs. This prestigious\u00a0honor from the leading literacy organization\u00a0follows a year\u2011long review that included a detailed analysis of program curricula, assessments, faculty research, and interviews with students, alumni, faculty, and university leaders.\u00a0It places CU Denver among\u00a0only seven\u00a0universities nationwide whose\u00a0reading specialist graduate\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ucdenver.edu\/academics\/graduate\/literacy-education\" rel=\"noopener\">literacy education programs<\/a><\/u>\u00a0exceed ILA\u2019s\u00a0highest expectations for curriculum design, instructional excellence, and candidate impact.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2026\/01\/28\/ma-in-literacy-program-earns-international-literacy-association-top-honor\/image-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20638\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-20638\" src=\"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/files\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"256\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Colorado Denver\u2019s\u00a0online\u00a0MA in Literacy Education with the Reading Specialist\u00a0Endorsement\u00a0has earned the\u00a0International Literacy Association\u2019s\u00a0(ILA)\u00a0National Recognition\u00a0with\u00a0Distinction, the organization\u2019s top honor for literacy educator preparation programs. This prestigious\u00a0honor from the leading literacy organization\u00a0follows a year\u2011long review that included a detailed analysis of program curricula, assessments, faculty research, and interviews with students, alumni, faculty, and university [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20637"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20642,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20637\/revisions\/20642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}