Science of Reading: The Symposium 

12:00 p.m.

Welcome
Susan Lambert, Host, Science of Reading: The Podcast

12:10 p.m.

Leading the Shift to High-Quality Literacy Instruction
Kymyona Burk, Ph.D., Senior Policy Fellow, ExcelinEd

• Presentation deck
• ABC News Live: “How Phonics Is Making a Comeback as Millions of Kids Struggle To Read”
• PBS’s Amanpour and Company: “Lesson Learned: Mississippi’s success in public education”
• #EIE22: Solving America’s Literacy Crisis with the Science of Reading with Emily Hanford, Kymyona Burk, and Kareem Weaver
• Science of Reading: The Podcast—Unlocking change through literacy legislation with Kymyona Burk
• Early literacy policies across the U.S.: www.earlyliteracymatters.org
• Professional development and coaching in Mississippi study: “Educator outcomes associated with implementation of Mississippi’s K–3 early literacy professional development initiative”

1:00 p.m.

How Building Knowledge Narrows Gaps
Natalie Wexler, Author, The Knowledge Gap

• Presentation deck
• Article: “Why We’re Teaching Reading in a Way That Doesn’t Work”

1:45 p.m.

How Teachers Shape Learning: Content-rich literacy instruction in the elementary grades
Sonia Cabell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education at Florida State University

• Presentation deck
• Florida Center for Reading Research
• Strive for Five: A framework that gets kids talking to accelerate their language comprehension and literacy (The Science of Reading in practice)
• Literacy Builds a Better World
• Knowledge Matters Campaign
  • Statement from the Knowledge Matters Campaign Scientific Advisory Committee
  • ASCD Blog: "Looking to Research for Literacy Success"
  • In the Know Blog: "School-Wide Efforts to Build Knowledge Over Time Matter for Later Reading Achievement"
• Reading Research Quarterly articles in the Science of Reading special issue:
  • "Building Content Knowledge to Boost Comprehension in the Primary Grades"
  • "How the Science of Reading Informs 21st-Century Education"
• Forbes: "New Data Shows Building Knowledge Can Boost Reading Comprehension", Natalie Wexler
• EdWeek: "What is Background Knowledge and How Does It Fit into the Science of Reading?"
• Science of Reading: The Podcast
  • Research, Comprehension, and Content-Rich Literacy Instruction
  • Deconstructing the Rope: Language comprehension

2:30 p.m.

Literacy Instruction Supporting English Language Learners
Claude Goldenberg, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Stanford University

• Presentation deck

2:30 p.m.

Making the Content Stick: Knowledge-building in the classroom
Mitchell Brookins, Ph.D., Education Consultant, former school administrator

• Presentation deck

3:15 p.m.

Equity 2.0: Rethinking the who, what, and how
Kareem Weaver, Co-Founder and Executive Director, FULCRUM

• Presentation deck
• AFT: Elements of an Effective Reading Program
• Ways of acquiring knowledge
• Reading Universe: https://readinguniverse.org/
• Cox Campus
• Reading League Compass
• Video: Putting Elements Together, Marva Collins
• Listen to: ExtraOrdinary Districts: Ordinary school districts that get extraordinary results
• Office of Justice: Reduced Recidivism and Increased Employment Opportunity Through Research-Based Reading Instruction
• Science of Reading: The Podcast: Growing up with dyslexia