Donald R. Bear

Donald is director of the E. L. Cord Foundation Center for Learning and Literacy and professor in the College of Education, and with preservice, Master’s and doctoral students, teaches and assesses children who struggle to learn to read and write. Donald has been involved in innovative professional development grants, and has developed assessments used in school districts throughout the country. Donald is involved in numerous studies that examine literacy development including studies of the orthographic development in different and second languages.