Biography
Carla Stanford has been in education for over 25 years and has taught children from all socio-economic backgrounds and from urban, suburban and rural environments. She co-founded REAP (Reading is Essential for All People, a nonprofit that trains public school teachers in the science of reading) in 2013. Carla is a first year doctoral student of Education with a specialization in Human Development in Context.
Carla’s research interests include the intersection language, literacy and poverty in African American children, impacts of cultural dialects on early literacy skills and professional development for public school teachers in knowledge and application of science of reading and teaching beyond circumstances: poverty, dialect, language acquisition, trauma. She aspires to share all that she learns with public school teachers in order to ensure that ALL children learn how to read.
Carla Stanford has been in education for over 25 years and has taught children from all socio-economic backgrounds and from urban, suburban and rural environments. She co-founded REAP (Reading is Essential for All People, a nonprofit that trains public school teachers in the science of reading) in 2013. Carla is a first year doctoral student of Education with a specialization in Human Development in Context.
Carla’s research interests include the intersection language, literacy and poverty in African American children, impacts of cultural dialects on early literacy skills and professional development for public school teachers in knowledge and application of science of reading and teaching beyond circumstances: poverty, dialect, language acquisition, trauma. She aspires to share all that she learns with public school teachers in order to ensure that ALL children learn how to read.
