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Jane Hileman is a literacy activist and serves as CEO of American Reading Company. Ms. Hileman founded this organization to help educators learn the power of using independent reading to drive both instruction and assessment.
Ms. Hileman spent ten years teaching in inner city Philadelphia, nine years teaching at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, three years as a reading specialist in suburban Philadelphia, four years as staff developer for the School District of Philadelphia, and three years as the associate director of PHILADELPHIA READS. Ms. Hileman currently serves as a member of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Steering Committee.
American Reading Company has grown from a few passionate teachers working from our dining room table 14 years ago, to a group of more than 100 determined people working out of a warehouse in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
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