If schools are truly preparing all students for college and career readiness, then strong reading and literacy skills are a must. Star Connor, Region Superintendent of Transformation Schools in Hillsborough County Public Schools (FL), believes that all children can become proficient, but it takes continual planning and goal setting for each individual.
Readers may decode a word, but do they know what it means? Is the language in the texts they read compatible with what decodability dictates? And ultimately, does all that decoding make for reading comprehension?
Presented by Star Connor, Region Superintendent of Transformation Schools, Hillsborough County Public Schools (FL)
Presented by Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert, Author of Scholastic W.O.R.D., President and CEO of TextProject.org, and Research Associate at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Presented by Dr. Gene Kerns, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Renaissance®; and Dr. Jan Bryan, Vice President and National Education Officer, Renaissance®
Presented by Jaime True Daley, Ed.D., Senior Associate Director of Literacy, University of Delaware
Attend this edWebinar to explore the most actionable insights from the new 2020 report—along with educators’ tips for motivating struggling readers and for incorporating SEL into reading instruction.