EDUCATORS AND ADVOCATES DEDICATED TO TEACHING STRUGGLING STUDENTS TO BECOME BETTER READERS CONVENE FEBRUARY 17-20

Who: Reading Recovery Council of North America

What:  National Reading Recovery & K-6 Literacy Conference

When: February 17-20, 2018

Where: Greater Columbus Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Columbus

Why: Reading Recovery is an early intervention program for lowest-performing first-grade students who struggle learning to read and write and offers more research proving its effectiveness than any other beginning reading program. Reading Recovery has served millions of students since its inception in the United States in 1984 and includes strong professional development for teachers who also share their expertise with other students in the school.

 How: More than 2,000 Reading Recovery and K-6 classroom teachers, literacy coaches, school administrators, superintendents, intervention specialists and additional educators from almost every state and at least six other countries will attend this conference, the nation’s premier conference for kindergarten through Grade 6 literacy. The event provides the opportunity to explore new books and educational products and includes 34 exhibitors, 100 sessions and 130 speakers.

Keynote speakers are:

• Mary Fried, educator and Reading Recovery trainer at The Ohio State University, speaking February 18 at 10 a.m. as the opening session in Battelle Grand North
• Ellin Keene, author of Mosaic of Thought: The Power of Comprehension Strategy Instruction and educator and director of research and development for the Public Education and Business Coalition in Denver, speaking February 19 at 10:30 a.m. with a book signing following
• Pat Cummings, award-winning author and illustrator of more than 35 books, including Our Children Can Soar, speaking February 20 at 10:30 a.m. with a book-signing session on Monday, February 19, from noon to 12:45 p.m.