The Cost of Getting Literacy Wrong: Long-Term Decisions, Lasting Consequences

About this episode

This episode discusses the critical challenges of achieving literacy success across educational systems.

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Really Great Reading. The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here. Literacy remains one of the most urgent challenges facing districts today. While many schools are investing in curricula and intervention, the real question is not how we achieve isolated gains. The question is how we scale literacy outcomes across entire systems. This edWeb podast examines three elements that consistently drive reading success: Aligned professional learning and high-qu...

People in this episode

Host: edWeb

Topics covered

• literacy
• education
• reading success
• professional learning
• curricula
• intervention

Keywords

• literacy
• education
• reading
• curricula
• intervention
• professional learning
• outcomes

Sponsors

Really Great Reading

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Organizations: edWeb

Places: districts, schools

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