Available to stream: October 23, 2023 12:01 am - October 29, 2023 11:59 pm New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12)

THE RIGHT TO READ

THE GREATEST CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE OF OUR TIME
Presented by Learning MATTERS
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When a child can’t read, their chances of incarceration, homelessness, and unemployment increase. That’s why Oakland based NAACP activist Kareem Weaver believes literacy is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time and is fighting for better reading instruction. “What good is winning the right to vote if we can’t even read the ballot?” Fed up with the bleak reading scores in his own community, Kareem files a petition with the Oakland Unified School District demanding change.

About Learning MATTERS:
Learning MATTERS work with teachers and specialist educators to build knowledge and guide practice with evidence-based Structured Literacy. We do this using our iDeaL Approach which is founded on the Science of Reading and provides kaiako with the knowledge and the tools to teach using a systematic and cumulative evidence-based approach to foundational literacy.
We are a passionate team with an overarching goal to tautoko an andragogical and pedagogical shift in literacy practice to ensure literacy outcomes are lifted for ALL students in New Zealand. We believe this can be achieved through clear and consistent direction and with a Structured Literacy approach.
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