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This episode discusses the urgent needs of middle school reading and the necessary policies and practices to support adolescent literacy.

In this final episode of our four-part adolescent literacy miniseries, Susan Lamber, Ed.D., is joined by Kymyona Burk, Ed.D., a senior policy fellow for literacy at ExcelinEd and former Mississippi state literacy director and secondary English teacher. Together, Susan and Kymyona connect what we know from early literacy to the urgent needs of middle school reading, including the policies, professional development, and practices it will take to reach the adolescent readers who need us most. Th...

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Host: Susan Lamber, Ed.D.

Guest: Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.

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Organizations: ExcelinEd, Mississippi

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