The International Reading Association's 2012 survey of 25 leading literacy scholars and researchers revealed the following "hot" topics in literacy education:
HOT
new literacies/ digital literacies
adolescent literacy
college and career readiness
Common Core standards
comprehension
high–stakes assessment
informational/non-fiction texts
response to intervention (RTI)
SOMEWHAT HOT
early intervention
English as a second language/English–language learners
political/policy influences on literacy
struggling/striving readers (grade 4 and above)
vocabulary/word meaning
NOT HOT
phonics
phonemic awareness
fluency
Finally, there's one topic that literacy experts strongly agreed that:
SHOULD BE HOT BUT IS NOT
Writing
(Cassidy & Loveless, 2011, Reading Today http://www.reading.org/General/Default.aspx)
