California Reading Summit 2024
Moving the Needle on Early Literacy
Wednesday, November 13
Our 2024 Annual Summit was a huge success! Over 1,000 educators, advocates, and other change-makers came together to learn from leading experts, practitioners, and each other
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Recordings, along with slides and other resources, are below.
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Welcoming Remarks by Linda Darling-Hammond, President, State Board of Education
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Keynote by Susan Lambert, Host, Science of Reading: The Podcast
District Sessions, featuring teams from leading literacy districts
Long Beach Unified
Central Elementary (San Bernardino County)
Seaford, Delaware
Marietta, Georgia
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California Reading Hero Awards, honoring Lancaster Principal Lorraine Zapata, and Megan Potente and Lori DePole, State Co-Directors, Decoding Dyslexia-CA
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Expert Panel, The Time is Now: Investing in Resources for Educator Success for Literacy
Welcoming Remarks by Linda Darling-Hammond, President, State BOE
District Session: Long Beach Unified
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District Session: Central Elementary
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Expert Panel: The Time is Now: Investing in Resources for Educator Success for Literacy
Keynote Address by Susan Lambert, Host, Science of Reading: The Podcast
(Slides)
District Session: Marietta, Georgia
District Session: Seaford, Delaware
(Slides)
California Reading Hero Awards:
Megan Potente, Lori DePole, and Lorraine Zapata
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