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<\/p>\nThe 2023 BU Wheelock Forum examined current trends in reading achievement for children with reading disabilities\u2014including dyslexia\u2014and explore why national reading assessment performance dipped during the COVID-19 pandemic. We focused on what we as researchers, translational scientists, policymakers, practitioners, community members, and alumni are doing and can do to address these alarming trends.<\/p>\n
Attendees connected with BU Wheelock faculty researchers, as well as state and national leaders in reading disabilities, as we charted a course toward improved reading achievement through the science of reading, translational science, and evidence-informed policymaking.<\/p>\n
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How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong For the past five years, journalist Emily Hanford has been reporting on how children learn to read. Her work has sent shock waves across the United States and around the world. In this keynote, Hanford will tell the story of how she became interested in early reading instruction and discuss key insights from scientific research. She will also share what she has learned from teachers, parents, and kids, and talk about her latest project, the podcast Sold a Story<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Panel discussion<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Reception & Poster Session<\/strong> Keynote<\/strong> Plenary Panel Session 2: Bringing a Whole Child Approach to Supporting Students with Reading Disabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Plenary Panel Session 3: Policy Implications for Children with Reading Disabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Emily Hanford is a senior correspondent and producer for American Public Media. Her work has appeared on NPR and in The New York Times<\/em>, Washington Monthly<\/em>, The Los Angeles Times<\/em> and other publications. Her work has won numerous honors including a duPont-Columbia University Award and the Excellence in Media Reporting on Education Research Award from the American Educational Research Association. Emily is a member of the Education Writers Association\u2019s Journalist Advisory Board and was a longtime mentor for EWA\u2019s \u201cnew to the beat\u201d program. For the past several years, Emily has been reporting on early reading instruction. Her 2018 podcast episode \u201cHard Words: Why aren\u2019t kids being taught to read?\u201d won the inaugural public service award from EWA. You can find all of her reporting on reading at apmreports.org\/reading<\/a>, including her new podcast, Sold a Story: How teaching kids to read went so wrong<\/em> (soldastory.org<\/a>). Emily is based in the Washington, D.C. area.<\/p>\n Dr. Tracy White-Weeden is a seasoned leader dedicated to advancing literacy success for all and academic excellence for children. She brings 28 years of experience to a calling of shaping dynamic systems-change so that children are well prepared for the realities of a 21st-century knowledge economy. White is also a relentless literacy advocate who frames literacy as a fundamental human right that transforms the family tree when evidence-based practices are scaled responsibly. Her life\u2019s work has been to position literacy success for all as a moral imperative that creates a place at the table for every child and adult, regardless of zip code or country of origin.<\/p>\n Supporting Students with Reading Disabilities: Toward Equity and Access March 30\u201331, 2023 The 2023 BU Wheelock Forum examined current trends in reading achievement for children with reading disabilities\u2014including dyslexia\u2014and explore why national reading assessment performance dipped during the COVID-19 pandemic. We focused on what we as researchers, translational scientists, policymakers, practitioners, community members, and alumni […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8572,"featured_media":0,"parent":65663,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72144"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72161,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72144\/revisions\/72161"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=72144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Emily Hanford, Senior Correspondent & Producer, American Public Media<\/p>\n\n
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\nDr. Tracy White-Weeden, President & CEO, Neuhaus Education Center<\/p>\n![\"Logo](\"\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/reading-the-room-logo-150x150.jpg\"){kind=logo}
Plenary Panel Session 1: The State of the Science of Reading for Supporting Students with Reading Disabilities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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Emily Hanford
\n<\/strong>Senior Correspondent and Producer, American Public Media<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Shows](\"\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/02\/TracyWeeden_4449_5x7-e1675806691321-144x150.jpg\")
Tracy White-Weeden
\n<\/strong>President & CEO, Neuhaus Education Center<\/em><\/p>\nSpeakers & Moderators<\/h3>\n
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