Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development is a world-class leader in reading and literacy, with a history of creating teaching practices that help children become strong, lifelong readers. Learn more about our academic offerings and affiliated reading and literacy research and outreach. Then consider how we can help you on your own path to literacy leadership.
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Designed for licensed teachers who want to focus on literacy theory, research, and instruction as either a reading specialist or literacy coach for grades pre-kindergarten through twelve
97 percent of job-seeking Reading Education graduates were employed or attending graduate school within four months of graduation
Eligible for Peabody's new Teacher Pathway Scholarship
Hands-on, immersive experiences with learners and communities while developing skills in teaching, designing programs, or conducting impactful research with speakers of other languages
Customizable pathways, including optional licensure, to become a world language or English as a Second Language teacher
Eligible for Teacher Pathway Scholarship
Fully online master of education program that can be completed in as little as 15 months
Empowers students to chart language learning processes, evaluate language education practices, partner with multilingual communities, and achieve meaningful educational change through applied research
Brand new program launched alongside a number of other online education programs at Peabody
For those intending to become intervention specialists for children and adolescents with reading disabilities including dyslexia, math disabilities and persistent behavior challenges
Stresses field-based learning and experiences, with opportunities to participate in supervised research
Intervention specialists improve the lives of children and youth with learning and behavioral difficulties across a range of educational and community settings.
Of job-seeking graduates, 100 percent were employed or enrolled in graduate study within four months of graduation.
This program qualifies for Peabody's Teacher Pathway Scholarship.
Earned as part of a master's degree, this certificate provides graduate and professional students with the additional knowledge and skills required to support students with dyslexia.
Students learn about the challenges K-12 students with dyslexia may encounter and engage in administration and interpretation of instructional literacy assessments.
Prepare and implement evidence-based reading interventions for students with or at-risk for dyslexia and other reading disabilities.
Vanderbilt's Roberts Academy and Dyslexia Center is a transitional school for students in grades 1-5 with or at risk for dyslexia and an innovative center for dyslexia research and outreach.
The Roberts Academy provides individualized, scientifically-based instruction while fostering students' strengths and supporting their academic needs. The academy’s vision is to provide students with educational experiences that will create a strong foundation for future academic success in a variety of school settings.
The Dyslexia Center provides professional training, assessment and clinical services, including reading clinics and enrichment activities, to advance groundbreaking dyslexia research.
Recent news stories highlighting excellence in faculty literacy research and engagement with learners.
The Barnes Research Lab focuses on supporting secondary students with reading comprehension disabilities and young children with or at risk for math disabilities. We study how cognitive and linguistic processes contribute to disabilities in reading comprehension and mathematics using a variety of methods including correlational and longitudinal studies, randomized controlled trials, and meta-analysis.
The Education and Brain Sciences Research Lab (EBRL) seeks to understand why some children are successful at learning to read while others are not. Using neuroimaging and behavioral testing, our NIH and NSF funded studies investigate reading comprehension, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, and the effects of reading interventions in children with and without reading difficulties.
The IRIS Center is a national center dedicated to improving education outcomes for all children, especially those with disabilities birth through age twenty-one, through the use of effective evidence-based practices and interventions.
The LLD research group is a team of educational researchers and practitioners dedicated to understanding and supporting elementary school students' language and literacy development. We collaborate with experts through research-practitioner partnerships with local schools, community-based language development programs, and state-level partnerships with the Tennessee Educational Research Alliance.
LIVE's transinstitutional scholars engage in diverse, interdisciplinary projects aimed at advancing our understanding of learning and how to support it more effectively.
Monster, P.I. is an app-based, gamified diagnostic assessment that measures written language skills (knowledge of morphology, vocabulary, and syntax) of 5th to 8th graders and provides teachers with interpretable score reports to drive instruction that improves vocabulary, reading, and writing abilities.
The Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center empowers states with rigorous evidence to implement effective and equitable policies that ensure all children thrive from the start.
Project TRANSLATE (Teaching Reading And New Strategic Language Approaches To Emergent Bilinguals) is a researcher-practitioner collaboration to design an instructional approach (and materials) that provides teachers with the means to access all of the languages of their students learning English.
The Vanderbilt Early Childhood Research Collaborative is a dynamic, transdisciplinary research partnership that advances knowledge of early childhood development and education.