Hard Truths About Reading: Why Kids Can't Read

188 Richards Avenue,Norwalk CT 06854

07 December, 2022

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Your chance to hear Emily Hanford, award-winning Senior Producer at APM Media, whose podcasts helped ignite a movement to bring science-based reading to schools across the country, and Dr. Margie Gillis, the nationally recognized reading expert and language therapist. Emily Hanford's podcasts during the past 5 years have spotlighted the shortcomings in how reading is generally taught – including in many of CT’s most affluent communities. Her new podcast series, “Sold A Story,” is #3 in the Society & Culture category of Apple charts. Margie Gillis, Ed.D is the President of Literacy How, instructing teachers in science-based literacy instruction, an affiliate at the Haskins Labs, and a co-founder and former president of Smart Kids with LD. She has played a key role in developing CT’s policies on universal screening and teacher preparation for reading instruction. SEATS FOR THIS MAJOR EVENT ARE LIMITED Registration opens at 6:15 PM Event Starts at 7PM Event Takes Place at the NCC Theatre in the Main Building, East Campus