About Us

The Center for Literacy & Learning, a results driven Louisiana-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was founded in 1992 as the Louisiana Children’s Research Center for Development and Learning, or CDL. We specialize in the development and dissemination of leading-edge scientific research, knowledge, and best practices that improve teaching and increase student learning.

Our work focuses on closing the achievement gap by increasing teacher effectiveness. Our boards and staff are experts in the areas of learning differences, evidence-based teaching strategies, and reinforcing the capability of teachers. We advance public education reform by providing educators who teach our most at-risk children with professional learning that is specific and targeted to the needs of those students and their fellow teachers.

With an in-the-trenches approach, we tackle real-time issues such as ways to remediate struggling readers, differentiate instruction for diverse learners, and build and sustain collective capacity.