Raising Readers: Why Educators and Congress are Advocating for Greater Family Engagement in Education
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Media teleconference hosted by The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading will include expert panel discussion and Q and A.

When: Tuesday, June 21, 10:30-11:30 a.m. EDT

Where: Dial 888-390-3983 to participate. Please call in 5-10 minutes before the conference is scheduled to begin.

Learn why family engagement in education is an important contributor to early literacy development and later academic success.

Learn more about the new bipartisan Family Engagement in Education Act of 2011 (S.941/H.R.1821) and what it will mean if it is passed.

Hear about a cost-effective, evidence-based early childhood literacy and parent engagement model that is producing results across the country.

Find out what a large urban school district is doing to get parents more involved in their children's education.

*Media will have the opportunity to ask questions in this interactive, media-only audio call.

Panel: Caroline Hendrie, Executive Director, Education Writers Association (moderator)
Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, (D-NY4) (tentative)
Elizabeth Burke Bryant, Executive Director, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT and advisor to The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
Gabrielle Miller, Ed.D, National Executive Director, Raising A Reader
Tomas Hanna, Associate Superintendent of Academic Support, Philadelphia Public Schools

Please RSVP via email to: kathleen@thehatchergroup.com