{"id":4029,"date":"2017-12-19T13:20:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T21:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:36:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:36:45","slug":"learning-center-celebrates-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Center Celebrates Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cTo\u00a0learn to read\u00a0is to\u00a0light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark\u201d \u2014 Victor Hugo<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What could be more heartwarming than a young child beaming with pride as she reads a book aloud to friends and family? Nearly a dozen young authors reading books they wrote themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4033 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-tutees-12-2017.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-tutees-12-2017.jpeg 740w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-tutees-12-2017-300x166.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/education\/reading-center\/index.aspx\">Kathleen Muth Reading Center<\/a>\u2019s recent Literacy Celebration, local schoolchildren, their families, and Chapman University students and faculty came together to celebrate a joy of reading and the amazing success they achieved working together.<\/p>\n<p>A part of Chapman\u2019s Donna Ford Attallah College of Educational Studies, the Kathleen Muth Reading Center (KMRC) has been serving approximately 50 at-risk K-5 students per year since 1975. Every semester, during a 12-week course, Chapman credential candidates (tutors) are paired with local children (tutees). The often struggling tutees receive valuable one-on-one instruction, while the tutors are given the opportunity to work with real students in a classroom environment, applying their coursework and knowledge into practice.<\/p>\n<p>The overall goal of the tutoring program is to move the tutees\u2019 reading and writing skills closer to grade level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven after 10 years of teaching this course, I am always amazed what children \u2014 initially described as \u2018struggling\u2019 and at risk \u2014 can accomplish when they are tutored in a strengths-based learning environment,\u201d said Chapman course professor Margie Curwen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4036 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-pair1-12-2017.jpeg\" alt=\"KMRC tutoring pair\" width=\"125\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-pair1-12-2017.jpeg 357w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-pair1-12-2017-166x300.jpeg 166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/>The KMRC literacy tutoring is an intensive intervention with multiple layers. As part of their coursework, the Chapman tutors get immediate feedback from KMRC reading supervisors and instructors. The teacher education program strives to provide credential candidates with a solid understanding of a balanced literacy instruction using assessment to drive their instructional decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>The Literacy Celebration is the culminating experience of the tutor-tutee pair\u2019s partnership. During the semester, the tutees are encouraged to select an area of interest and, with the help of their tutor, write their own book. This year, one child wrote about her life goal of becoming a doctor and what she needed to accomplish at each step along the way. Another child interviewed and wrote about four members of the Chapman KMRC to learn more about them. And one second grader even wrote a 10-chapter book about school bullying and how to resolve it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4035 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-pair2-12-2017.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-pair2-12-2017.jpeg 379w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-pair2-12-2017-166x300.jpeg 166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/>Chapman student and tutor Lindsay Billings \u201918 reflected on the celebration: \u201cIt was an amazing opportunity to see the parents interact with their children, sharing and celebrating their children\u2019s work. The parents had smiles on their faces and were so proud to see what their children had accomplished. Multiple parents also shared their experiences, talking about how their children now read independently and were excited to read and write at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the semester-long process, the children and their Chapman tutors build strong relationships. This coupled with individualized tutoring often fosters dramatic improvements in reading and writing skills.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsay Billings explained, \u201cMy favorite part of working with my tutee was seeing him become increasingly confident as the weeks progressed. By the end of the program, he told me that he felt like a better reader and like a \u2018real author.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTo\u00a0learn to read\u00a0is to\u00a0light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark\u201d \u2014 Victor Hugo What could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2289,"featured_media":4041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[88,41,93],"tags":[1037,196,494],"class_list":["post-4029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-events","category-students","tag-donna-ford-attallah-college-of-educational-studies","tag-k-12-literacy-programs","tag-kathleen-muth-reading-center"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Attallah College of Educational Studies | Chapman Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Learning Center Celebrates Literacy - Attallah College of Educational Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cTo\u00a0learn to read\u00a0is to\u00a0light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark\u201d \u2014 Victor Hugo What could [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Attallah College of Educational Studies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-19T21:20:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-20T06:36:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-header-12-2017-2.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"410\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cheryl Baltes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cheryl Baltes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cheryl Baltes\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b733f98288a7e3229195cc953ad188a1\"},\"headline\":\"Learning Center Celebrates Literacy\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T21:20:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-20T06:36:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":513,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/83\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/KMRC-header-12-2017-2.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Donna Ford Attallah College of Educational Studies\",\"k-12 literacy programs\",\"Kathleen Muth Reading Center\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Community\",\"Events\",\"Students\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/\",\"name\":\"Learning Center Celebrates Literacy - Attallah College of Educational Studies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/83\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/KMRC-header-12-2017-2.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T21:20:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-20T06:36:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/83\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/KMRC-header-12-2017-2.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/83\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/KMRC-header-12-2017-2.jpeg\",\"width\":740,\"height\":410,\"caption\":\"KMRC smiling student\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Learning Center Celebrates Literacy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/\",\"name\":\"Attallah College of Educational Studies\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Attallah College of Educational Studies\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/83\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/MasterBrand_000-scaled-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/83\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/MasterBrand_000-scaled-1.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":435,\"caption\":\"Attallah College of Educational Studies\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b733f98288a7e3229195cc953ad188a1\",\"name\":\"Cheryl Baltes\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7dce883d7b356617404476f1f9c7e67164316c2b9899612c65665ea46fe3b85f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7dce883d7b356617404476f1f9c7e67164316c2b9899612c65665ea46fe3b85f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/7dce883d7b356617404476f1f9c7e67164316c2b9899612c65665ea46fe3b85f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cheryl Baltes\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.chapman.edu\\\/education\\\/author\\\/cbaltes\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Attallah College of Educational Studies | Chapman Blogs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Learning Center Celebrates Literacy - Attallah College of Educational Studies","og_description":"\u201cTo\u00a0learn to read\u00a0is to\u00a0light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark\u201d \u2014 Victor Hugo What could [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/","og_site_name":"Attallah College of Educational Studies","article_published_time":"2017-12-19T21:20:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-20T06:36:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":740,"height":410,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-header-12-2017-2.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cheryl Baltes","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cheryl Baltes","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/"},"author":{"name":"Cheryl Baltes","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/#\/schema\/person\/b733f98288a7e3229195cc953ad188a1"},"headline":"Learning Center Celebrates Literacy","datePublished":"2017-12-19T21:20:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-20T06:36:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/"},"wordCount":513,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-header-12-2017-2.jpeg","keywords":["Donna Ford Attallah College of Educational Studies","k-12 literacy programs","Kathleen Muth Reading Center"],"articleSection":["Community","Events","Students"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/","name":"Learning Center Celebrates Literacy - Attallah College of Educational Studies","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-header-12-2017-2.jpeg","datePublished":"2017-12-19T21:20:44+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-20T06:36:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-header-12-2017-2.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2017\/12\/KMRC-header-12-2017-2.jpeg","width":740,"height":410,"caption":"KMRC smiling student"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2017\/12\/19\/learning-center-celebrates-literacy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learning Center Celebrates Literacy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/","name":"Attallah College of Educational Studies","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/#organization","name":"Attallah College of Educational Studies","url":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/03\/MasterBrand_000-scaled-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2026\/03\/MasterBrand_000-scaled-1.png","width":2560,"height":435,"caption":"Attallah College of Educational Studies"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/#\/schema\/person\/b733f98288a7e3229195cc953ad188a1","name":"Cheryl Baltes","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7dce883d7b356617404476f1f9c7e67164316c2b9899612c65665ea46fe3b85f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7dce883d7b356617404476f1f9c7e67164316c2b9899612c65665ea46fe3b85f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7dce883d7b356617404476f1f9c7e67164316c2b9899612c65665ea46fe3b85f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cheryl Baltes"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/author\/cbaltes\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6882,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4029\/revisions\/6882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}