Voices4Ed
Voices4Ed
Education Post
Episode 41: How Oakland Is Tackling the Reading Crisis (ft. Lakisha Young, Dirk Tillotson, and Kareem Weaver)
49 minutes Posted Jun 11, 2020 at 10:31 am.
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In this episode, you'll hear from Oakland activists Lakisha Young, Dirk Tillotson, and Kareem Weaver about the Literacy for All campaign, which is described as going beyond focusing on “K-3 literacy outcomes” and also targets increasing the literacy of the whole family. 

“What good is being able to sit at the lunch counter if you can't read the menu when you get there?” – Kareem Weaver.

Full show notes and links at http://educationpost.org/conversation/podcast