Sponsored by the UIC Center for Literacy and Research on Urban Education Policy Initiative, this event will bring together policymakers, researchers and educators for presentations and discussion about how to improve literacy policy in Illinois and rest of the United States.

Presentations include:

-Rebecca Woodard - Moving Beyond Compliance: Implementing the Common Core Standards in Literacy (co-author, Sonja Kline, Illinois State University)

-Nathan Phillips - Access, Equity and Empowerment: Supporting Digital Literacies for All Learners (co-author, Michael Manderino, Northern Illinois University)

-William Teale - Early Childhood Literacy: Policy for the Coming Decade (co-authors, Maureen Meehan, Melanie Walski, Emily Hoffman, Colleen Whittingham, UIC; and Anna Colaner, Illinois Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development)

More information is available at education.uic.edu.