STARI March Highlights
What's in this issue:
- SXSW EDU
- Summer Live Virtual Professional Learning
- Connect with STARI
- What We've Been Reading
SERP at SXSW EDU: What We Heard & What's Next
The STARI team joined educators, researchers, and leaders at SXSW EDU—where we recorded a live episode of our SERP Stories podcast and took part in conversations shaping the future of education.
A few themes rose to the top: the urgent need for engaging, research-based solutions for adolescent readers; growing momentum behind education R&D; and the critical role of leadership in making change stick.
Read our full reflections to hear what resonated most—and how it’s shaping our work going forward.
SERP at SXSW EDU: What We Heard & What's Next
We asked educators to share their stories—and the answers were as diverse as the journeys themselves. From reading to cats, to learning through music, to navigating literacy as a new immigrant, each story reveals a different path to reading.
Explore the stories and reflect on what they reveal about supporting adolescent readers.
Summer Live Virtual Professional Learning
Save the Date: July 28 and 30
Join us for live virtual professional learning designed to give you a strong start with STARI.
This interactive Zoom Webinar, mirrors our full STARI Professional Learning Series, combining expert guidance, classroom video, and hands-on practice to help you understand and plan for implementation.
Connect with STARI
EdWeek Webinar: Unlocking Success for Struggling Adolescent Readers
Join us on April 29, 2-3 ET as Catherine Snow and educators from LA, NYC, and WI discuss what works for adolescent readers. Can't attend live? Register to receive the recording. Register.
Episode 6: When Teens Can't, Won't & Don't Read: What We Can Do
Why are so many teens disengaging from reading, and what actually helps? Recorded live at SXSW EDU, we bring together expert voices to unpack the barriers adolescents face and the evidence-based strategies that re-engage struggling readers. Listen Now!
Office Hours are Open!
Bring your STARI questions to the next STARI Community Forum with Dr. Emily Hayden on April 16! Register.
What We've Been Reading:
- A Film That Makes a Strong Argument for the Value of Debate NYTimes, watch Immutable on PBS
- 10 Maxims: What We've Learned About How Children Learn to Read Reading Universe
- One Reading Skill Might Be Responsible for Many Older Students’ Struggles EdWeek
Keep Calm and STARI On!
- The STARI Team