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Better Together 2022-2023
| Project Director | School | Project Title |
| Jennie Gree | East Rutherford Middle School | Inventing the Inventor: Learning How to Be Creators |
| Rhonda Florence | Hasty Elementary School | Coding Across Carolina |
| Laura Aldridge | Durant Road Middle School | Power of Voice Through Student Podcasting |
Better Together 2021-2022
| Project Director | School | Project Title |
| Chelsea Brantley | Nags Head Elementary School | Círculo de Amigos: Bilingual Book Club |
| Elizabeth A. Bruch |
Southern Alamance High School | Reading Beyond the Walls |
| Hannah Wilson | Apex Elementary School | Engaging English Language Learners Through |
Better Together 2020-2021
| Project Director | School | Project Title |
| Vickie Blankenship | Asheville Primary School | Let It Shine: The American Civil Rights Movement |
| Katie Bogle | AL Brown High School | Bringing History to Life |
| Tonya Monroe-Leach | Western Guilford High School | We Stand For Unity |
FIRST TIME ATTENDEE 2022
| Emily Golightly | Newport Elementary School |
| Jeremy Radford | Eastern Wayne High School |
Read 2 Succeed 2019-2020
| Project Director | School | Project Title |
Walter Carmichael | Meadowlark Middle School | Mustang Makers |
| Emma Fox | Salem Elementary School | Gettin' Digi With It |
| Jillian Harper | Walter M. Williams High School | Paws and Read: Bulldogs + Books |
| Sarah Justice | Rosman Middle and High Schools | One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Fly Fish |
| Sara Levin | Kinston High School | Comical Curriculum |
Action Research
| Year | Name | School | District | Topic |
| 2019 | Jacob Kapp | Clemmons Middle School | Winston Salem Forsyth Schools | Into the Future- Makerspace |
| 2018 | Hugh Davis | C.S. Brown High School | Days in the Lives: School Planning, Local History, and Appreciation of Who We Are | |
| 2017 | Vicky Mahoney | Powhatan Elementary School | Johnston County Schools | Play with Words: Motivating Students to be Creative Writers |
| 2013 | Melissa Chiti |
Glen Elementary School |
Durham Public Schools |
Collaborative Learning and Technology Tools: A Model for Media Instruction for the Kindergarten Year |
| 2012 | Susan Varner | Wayne Avenue Elementary*School |
Harnett*County Schools |
Meeting Real Reference Needs |
Read 2 Succeed 2018-19
| Project Director | School | Project Title |
| Kristi Allred | North Davidson Middle School | Immersed in Learning: Going Virtual |
| Anitra Cook | Sam D. Bundy Elementary | Growing Learners Through Hands-on STEM/Literacy Activities |
| Brene Duggins | Oak Grove High School | Beardown for Reading |
| Emily Kerley | Pumpkin Center Primary School | A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Adapted Texts for Diverse Learners |
| Elizabeth McCue & Alysa Amato | Grady A. Brown Elementary | We Can Do It!: Learning About Empowerment through Biographies of Women, Research, and Programming Robots |
Read 2 Succeed 2017-18
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Mary B. Simmons | Jarvisburg Elementary School | Currituck County | Slam...Pow...Wow! Superheroes Real, Imaginary, & Graphic (novels)! |
| Katie Bogle | AL Brown High School | Kannapolis City | Making Learners into Innovators |
| Laura Aldridge | Terrell Lane Middle School |
Franklin County | Hello from the Other Side |
| Julie Overpeck | Holbrook Middle School | Gaston County | Reaching New Heights with Hi-Lo Readers |
| Tracey Patterson | Graham High School | Alamance-Burlington |
Collaborative Book Clubs for Exceptional Learners |
Read 2 Succeed 2015-16
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Veronica Guanino | Mountain View Elementary School | Catawba County | Inventors, Inventions, Innovators, and STEM |
| LeTeisha Hunt | Townsend Middle School | Robeson County | Words, Technology, and Colors |
| Natalie Harvey | Carolina Friends School | Independent School | Book Buy In |
| Sarah Justice | Rosman High School | Transylvania County | Real Superheroes Don't Always Wear Capes |
| Stacy Morgan | Friedburg Elementary School | Davidson County | Rookie Research: Developing Accessible Resources for the Littlest Learners |
Read 2 Succeed 2012-13
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Karen Meier | Southwest Guilford High School | Guilford County | Sports Literacy Program |
| Karen Maxon | Rugby Middle School | Henderson County | Choose Kind and Pay It Forward |
| Suzanne Thomasson | Starmount High School | Yadkin County | New Librarianship in Practice |
| Charlene Cali | Brevard Elementary School | Transylvania County | Digital Cameras and Haiku: Bring Together the Two |
| Suzanne Carr Coates | Smithfield Middle School | Johnston County | Knight Flight: Take Off With Reading |
Read 2 Succeed 2011-12
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Brita Mann | Marvin Ridge Middle School | Union County | Author Mentors and Student Readers and Writers |
| Becky Palgi | Archer Lodge Middle School | Johnston County | The Elements of Mystery: A Digital Museum of the Unexplained |
| Katherine Toriello | G. R. Whitfield School | Pitt County | Kindles for Kiddies |
| Laura Bowers | Westwood Elementary School | Ashe County | Light a Reading Fire with Kindles |
| Beverly Hall | Newton Conover High School | Newton-Conover City | S.U.R.G.E. |
| Vickie Blankenship | East McDowell Junior High School | McDowell County | World History Comes Alive with Overdrive eBooks |
| Gina Webster | Walkertown Middle/High School | Winston-Salem/Forsyth County | Literacy Lives: Connecting School and Community with Reading and Storytelling |
Read 2 Succeed 2010-11
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Trudy Moss | Watauga High School | Watauga County | Proposal Freedom: Using Newspapers to Teach about our Civil Rights and Responsibilities |
| Sarah Justice | Rosman High School | Transylvania County | Fresh Books |
| Kathy Fox-Morris | Ethan Shive Elementary School | Rowan County | Getting Down to Brass Tacks |
| Karen Waller | Timber Drive Elementary School | Wake County | Read Around the World |
| Suzanne Crockett | Hanford Dole Elementary School | Rowan County | Read Science 2 Succeed |
Read 2 Succeed 2009-10
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Debra Rosenblum | Black Mountain Elementary School | Buncombe County | Our Storied Histories |
Read 2 Succeed 2008-09
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Katie Bogle | A.L. Brown High School | Kannapolis City | Guys Read |
| Michelle Burton | Eastlawn Elementary | Alamance/Burlington | Fourth Grade Girls Leadership Challenge |
| Beth Carson | Fairview Elementary | Buncombe County | NC Children's Book Award Project |
| Sherry Edwards | Rock Ridge Elementary | Wilson County | Famous American Read |
| Linda Mecks | Marvin Ridge High | Union County | Community Read |
| Kathy Moore | Blowing Rock School | Watauga County | Mush! Experiencing the Alaskan Iditarod |
| Susan Nilo | Glade Creek School | Alleghany County | Mini Smart Boxes |
| Christine Quigley | Alexander Wilson Elementary | Alamance/Burlington | Great Gadzooks! It's Graphic |
| Susan Varner | Western Harnett High | Harnett County | X-treme History |
| Tammy Young | Charles D. Owen High | Buncombe County | Warorse Readers |
Read 2 Succeed 2007-08
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Janet Jones | Harding University High | Charlotte Mecklenburg | Podcasting Ram Science: The Cry of the Catawba |
| Cynthia Barlowe | Hibriten High | Caldwell County | Through Their Eyes...The World War Adolescent Experience |
| Nancy Shaffer | Terrell Lane Middle | Franklin County | Mostly Manga |
| Elizabeth Conner | Belmont Elementary | Roanoke Rapids Graded School District | Read to Learn: Modeling for Kindergartners |
| Andrea Horosko | Raleigh Road Elementary | Cumberland County | Read Around the Library |
| Holly Maness | Southwest Guilford High | Guilford County | Special Friends: Reaching All Members of the SWHS Family |
| Gwendolyn White | Warren County Middle | Warren County | Stories to Remember: Oral Histories of Warren County |
Read 2 Succeed 2006-07
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Rhonda Florence | Hasty Elementary | Davidson County | English Language Learners Making the School-to-Home Connection |
| Leila "Bee" Manship | Concord High | Cabarrus County | Comics in the ESL Classroom |
| Laura Mangum | North Pitt High | Pitt County | Modernizing the Study of American Literature |
| Kirsten McDonald | Emma Elementary | Buncombe County | History Mysteries |
| Karen Maxon & Joni Allison | Rugby Middle | Henderson County | Virtual Voices |
| Debbie Long | Speight Middle | Wilson County | Looking Towards the Future |
| Cheri Klein | North Chatham (K-8) | Chatham County | Fellowship of the Book |
| Cathy DuPre | Oaklawn Language Academy | Charlotte-Mecklenburg | Connections in Literature: Nursery Rhymes, Poems, Songs, and Fairy Tales in French |
| Beverly Hall | South Newton Elementary | Newton-Conover City | Let's Get Graphic!: Using Graphic Novels to Promote Reading Comprehension and Writing Skills |
| Ann Long | Glenn High | Winston-Salem/Forsyth County | Literacy 1st |
Read 2 Succeed 2005-06
| Project Director | School | Project Title |
| Nancy Tomkovick | B. Everett Jordan Elementary | Nonfiction and the Young Researcher |
| Cara Wolford | Woodrow Wilson Elementary | The "Wright" Stuff: A Living Museum of Famous North Carolinians |
| Kellie Joyce Garcia | Guy B. Teachey School | Books that Really Measure Up!: Exploring Measurement Through Children's Literature |
| Elizabeth Hayworth | Midway Elementary | What's so Funny? : Using Riddles, Jokes, and Wordplay to Promote Critical Thinking Skills |
| Cathy Wray | Asheboro High | Picture This: Engaging Struggling Readers at the High School Level |
| Staci Bumgarner | River Bend Middle | Free Books: Love Your Books, Set Them Free |
| Laura Poole | Sparta School | Do You Hear What I Hear? |
| Sarah Justice | Rosman High | Storytelling with Local History |
| Suzie Thomasson | Starmount High | ESL: Every Student Learning |
| Beverly M. Outwater | Sam D. Bundy Elementary | Books for Lunch Bunch |
Read 2 Succeed 2004-05
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Tracie Below | Welcome Middle | Pitt County | Exceptional Animals |
| Karen Bessey | Darden Middle | Wilson City | Bright Beginnings |
| Gina Cusato-O'Neal | Mineral Springs Middle | Winston-Salem/Forsyth County | The Great Dismal Swamp Experience |
| Karen Harris | C. H. Tuttle Middle | Catawba County | Right to Read |
| Kathy Idol | Parkway Elementary | Watauga County | Parkway Families Read Together |
| Sheila Mendoze | Northwest Elementary | Pitt County | Down Home Folks |
| Karen Perry | Central Davidson Middle | Davidson County | Into the Passing Lane: Book + iPod=VRRROOM |
| Susan Ward | Burton Geo-World Magnet School | Durham County | Fireside Stories: Telling Family Stories Our Way |
| Dianne Wright | Churchland Elementary | Davidson County | Poetry Primes and Pumps Pupils |
| Paige Ysteboe | Western Middle | Alamance Burlington | Boys Love Books Too |
Read 2 Succeed 2003-04
| Project Director | School | LEA | Project Title |
| Renee Gentry | Ronda-Clingman Elementary | Wilkes County | North Carolina from A to Z |
| Sue Kimmel | Gillespie Park Elementary | Guilford County | One Book, One School |
| Nancy Larkin | Asheville Middle | Asheville City | Libros Latinos |
| Mindy Tomasevich | Davis Drive Middle | Wake County | Literature Circles Go Graphic |
| Janice Williams | Roberson Elementary | Edgecomb County | Books, Summer, and Me |
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