
About Our Symposiums
We've teamed up with leading literacy experts.
Join us for the latest research and actionable
strategies that raise achievement for all students.
Interested in hosting a Science of Reading Symposium with us?
We've teamed up with leading literacy experts. Join us for the latest research and actionable strategies that raise achievement for all students.


Past Science of Reading Symposiums
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Phonics
Moving Students Toward Advanced Reading, Writing, and Intellectual Development
With Dr. Alfred Tatum, President-Elect, Literacy Research Association Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Phonemic Awareness
Reading and the Brain in Early Childhood
with Dr. John Hutton Associate Professor of General and Community Pediatrics Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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Phonics
The Science of Teaching Reading: Improving Literacy and Learning for All Students
With Dr. Laura Tortorelli, Associate Professor at Michigan State University
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Phonics
Unlocking Literacy for Bilingual Learners
With Doris Baker, Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction University of Texas at Austin
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Phonics
Raising Reading Achievement for Emerging Readers
With Dr. Lucy Hart Paulson, LETRS Co-Founder and Professor of Education at Stanford University and Dr. Matthew Burns from the University of Florida Literacy Institute
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Phonics
3 Strategies to Accelerate Reading for 3rd – 5th Grade Developing Readers
With Dr. Laura Tortorelli, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University
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Phonics
Reading Research to Guide How We Teach English Learners to Read
With Dr. Claude Goldenberg, Graduate School of Education at Stanford University
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Phonics
Why Phonics Instruction Alone Isn't Enough
With Dr. Laura Tortorelli, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University
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Phonemic Awareness
The Science Behind Reading Acquisition
With Dr. D. Ray Reutzel, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for
the School of the Future
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Phonics
Accelerate Reading Achievement with the Science of Learning and the Power of Practice
With Dr. Paul von Hippel, Professor at the University of Texas at
Austin
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Phonemic Awareness
The Power of Practice to Accelerate Summer Learning for Early Learners
With Dr. D. Ray Reutzel, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the School of the Future. Co-hosted by The Modern Principal
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Phonics
Effective Science of Reading Strategies for Summer and Beyond
With Dr. Laura Tortorelli, Assistant Professor at Michigan State
University
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Developing Readers
Q&A with LETRS Co-Author, Lucy Hart Paulson
and Kimberly Vaught, Executive Director of Leadership
Development
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Phonics
Accelerate Summer Reading & Eliminate the Summer Slide!
With Dr. Paul von Hippel, Professor at the University of Texas at
Austin
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Developing Readers
Harnessing ESSER to Accelerate Achievement- $100M Success Story
With Cliff Jones, Chief Academics Officer at Fulton County Schools
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Phonics
Planning for Summer Reading Instruction Based on the Science of Reading
With Dr. Paul von Hippel, Professor at the University of Texas at
Austin
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Developing Readers
Accelerating Reading Achievement for your most Emergent Readers
With Dr. Paul Polanco, Director of Academics at TNTP, Shawn Bird, Chief Academics Officer at HISD, and Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer
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Phonics
Decodables and the Virginia Literacy Act Webinar
With Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer, Professor of Literacy Education at
Virginia Tech
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Developing Readers
A Roadmap to District Success with the Science of Reading
With Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer, Cliff Jones, Chief Academics Officer, and Gyimah Whitaker, Deputy Chief Academics Officer at Fulton County Schools
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Phonemic Awareness
Building a Strong Reading Foundation for District Wide Success
With Dr. D. Ray Reutzel and Simone McQuaige, Supervisor at Prince George's County Public Schools
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Phonemic Awareness
Pre-K Reading Foundations: Using Letter a Day Research to Raise Student Achievement
With Dr. D. Ray Reutzel, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the School of the Future
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Phonics
How to Select Decodable for Your School That Follow Science of Reading Research
With Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer, Professor of Literacy Education at Virginia Tech
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Phonics
Science of Reading Working Group
With Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer, Dr. D. Ray Reutzel, and Julia Lindsey
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For more Science of Reading videos, check out the
Just Right Reader YouTube Channel!
For more Science of Reading videos, check out the Just Right Reader YouTube Channel!