Hello, everyone!
We hope you’re all doing well!
We had a very interesting discussion with Gary Shiffman on March 5th about social studies and literacy. See below for recording link and some references.
There are also have some really exciting events coming up, both Brookline Literacy Coalition organized and other local events around reading.
March 30-31: BU/Wheelock Forum on Supporting Students with Reading Disabilities.
April 2nd: The Right to Read film and panel discussion at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Emily Hanford (education reporter and host of the Sold a Story podcast), Christine Cronin (parent and Boston educator); Michael Moriarity (member of the Massachusetts State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and chair of the literacy sub-committee). Brookline parent and school committee member Steven Ehrenberg will moderate the discussion.
–Sunday April 2nd, 2 pm
Upcoming Brookline Literacy Coalition Events:
Sunday April 30th: A virtual discussion with Kareem Weaver, co-founder and executive director of FULCRUM, chair of the Oakland NAACP education committee, and the literacy advocate featured in The Right to Read film.–Sunday April 30th, 7 pm. Register here.
Sunday May 21st: Presentation and discussion on Zoom with Dr. Tiffany Hogan, Director of the Speech, Language and Literacy Lab, and professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at MGH Institute of Health Professions
–May 21st, 7 pm. Link to come
We are looking forward to all these events and we hope to see some of you there.
BLC March 5th event with Gary Schiffman:
We had a very interesting discussion with Gary Shiffman on March 5th about social studies and literacy. Thank you to Gary and to everyone who joined us!
You can find the recording here.
And we’d also like to link to a few of the books that Gary mentioned in the course of the conversation:
Three books that we highly recommend for both parents and educators:
- Why Don’t Children Like School? and The Reading Mind by Daniel Willingham
And two that may be more relevant for teachers (though we’re sure some parents might be interested too!)
Thanks to the many of you who’ve sent positive messages and voiced your support!
Thank you for reading!