Reinventing the urban literacy landscape

12:00 AM | Thursday, Jan 01 | Room:

Columbus City is home to the country’s largest district-sponsored home library program. To date, the initiative has provided more than 2 million books for the district’s 47,000 students. Hear how this program impacts school-family relations through authentic engagement, literacy education, partnerships and technology.

Topics: Barriers to success, Community engagement, Critical and current issues, Student achievement

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Jennifer Ey, director of literacy, Columbus City

Rachel Huntley, district literacy specialist, Columbus City

Candy Pena, district literacy specialist, Columbus City

Deborah Stace, programming specialist, Columbus City