Marie Clay News and Tributes

A short biography of Marie Clay on the RRCNA site

Leave a message or memorial in honor of Marie Clay on the RRCNA site

Read tributes to Marie Clay submitted online to RRCNA

Read tributes from the Celebration of Marie Clay's Life held at the
2007 Teacher Leader Institute & North American Leadership Academy

April 25, 2007 Dame Marie Clay, Educationist who created the Reading Recovery scheme, The Times, London

April 20, 2007, Marie M. Clay, Remedial Reading Specialist, Dies at 81, New York Times, by Margalit Fox

April 19, 2007 Reading Recovery Founder Marie Clay Dead at 81, National Council of Teachers of English, www.ncte.org (archived)

April 19, 2007 Marie Clay, 81; her plan for helping poor readers in first grade caught on, Los Angeles Times, by Elaine Woo (archived)

April 17, 2007 Reading Recovery founder dies after brief illness, Education Daily, p. 4 (subscribers only)

April 16, 2007 NZEI Mourns the Loss of Dame Marie Clay, New Zealand Educational Institute, Scoop.co.nz

April 16, 2007, NZPF Honours Educational Icon, New Zealand Principals' Federation, Scoop.co.nz

April 15, 2007, New York Times Obituary for Marie M. Clay, New York Times, on the web at www.legacy.com (archived)

April 14, 2007 Literacy Giant Mourned, New Zealand National Party Press Release, Katherine Rich MP, Scoop.co.nz

April 13, 2007, Thanks to Reading Recovery founder Marie Clay, millions of children read today, College of Education and Human Ecology News, The Ohio State University

April 13, 2007 Former IRA president Marie Clay dies at 81, International Reading Association blog http://blog.reading.org/

April 13, 2007, Reading Association Responds to Death of Dame Marie Clay, International Reading Association Press Release

April 13, 2007 World renowned scientist in literacy dies, University of Auckland Press Release, Auckland, New Zealand

April 13, 2007 Letter from the Marie Clay Literacy Trust, Marie Clay Literacy Trust, Graham McEwan, Trustee

April 13, 2007, Tributes flow for renowned educator Dame Marie Clay, New Zealand Herald - Auckland, New Zealand