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
Recordings, along with slides and other resources, are below.
Welcoming Remarks by Linda Darling-Hammond, President, State Board of Education
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
California Reading Hero Awards, honoring Lancaster Principal Lorraine Zapata, and Megan Potente and Lori DePole, State Co-Directors, Decoding Dyslexia-CA
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
(Slides)
District Session: Central Elementary
(Slides)
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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