Thread by @Beyond_Basics

Good morning, literacy advocates! 📖

We will be live tweeting the virtual Literacy Summit today starting at 11:00am ET with panelists @nicknanton1, Pamela Good, @unfoldthesoul and moderator @LianaLoewus of @usnews.

Follow along and join the conversation #LiteracyMatters

Interested in attending the live, virtual Literacy Summit at 11:00am? There's still time to register and receive the link. Click here:

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.@GabriellaBurman, Comms Director @beyondbasics, launches the summit and moderator @LianaLoewus directs attention to The Truth About Reading trailer @truthabout2022, a documentary directed by panelist @nicknanton1. Watch it here 👇🏻

bit.ly/3vIQVSd

.@nicknanton1 speaks about working on the documentary with people who moved into adulthood without the basic skills of reading. He said the amount of pain and sadness these adults have who have struggled with reading their whole life has been moving.

Pamela Good discusses Beyond Basics’ assessment, one-on-one program, and how every child, even the farthest behind, can learn how to read.

“This problem, we have people who can’t read around us in every area of society. We need to spark a movement,” she says.

All three panelists mention the shame behind illiteracy, and how dismantling the shame is a large step in finding a solution to the problem. This @EBLIreads article discusses the connection between shame and literacy outcomes:

bit.ly/3kGPEVw

.@unfoldthesoul says, “work is 50% mindset and 50% execution,” and mindset helps cut away at the myths that poverty means someone can’t learn. That intelligence is based on someone’s skin color.

.@LianaLoewus asks how educators and policy makers can address the racial inequality in the classroom.

@unfoldthesoul says there is a, "subconscious sliding scale of expectations," of non-white students that needs to be changed. "There is no who can and who can’t."

As literacy advocates, we need to step up and find ways to address educational gaps within our own communities. Share the information you found compelling today with your friends, family, and colleagues #LiteracyMatters

Thank you to our moderator @LianaLoewus 🌟 for a wonderfully conducted discussion.

Stay involved in this conversation:
Watch @truthabout2022: bit.ly/3Fe3rMK
Find @unfoldthesoul new book: bit.ly/3kY9aND
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