William Harvey, former executive director of International Reading Association, alleged he was a victim of discrimination A Newark, Del.-based organization representing literacy professionals did not discriminate against former Executive Director William Harvey when its board of directors fired him in 2010, a federal judge ruled March 12. The $15 million-revenue International Reading Association hired Harvey in 2009 to lead the group after it terminated the contract of its previous executive director, Alan Farstrup, earlier that year. Harvey joined IRA from the University of Virginia, where he had been vice president and chief officer of diversity. IRA terminated Harvey’s… Read More