Catherine Compton-Lilly with students at RCSD School No. 20.

Alumna Wins National Research Grant

Catherine Compton-Lilly Ed.D. `99, a first-grade teacher and reading specialist in the Rochester City School District, has received a $50,000 grant to study literacy in urban families. A select group of 29 educators were chosen nation-wide as National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows for 2002-03. She plans to select 10 parents at a local adult learning center and observe how reading fits into their lives and the lives of their children.