From Policy to Practice: A Symposium on The Right to Read − Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Join the Bay Path community for a special screening and panel discussion of The Right To Read. This will also be a hybrid event for our distance learners/community members. 

About The Film:

The Right To Read shares the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most powerful foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read.

Opening Remarks:

Ellen Rustico, Assistant Dean of Education and Licensure Programs at Bay Path University
Sheila Gould, Director of Early Literacy Initiatives, The Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation

Panelists:

Nikki Burnett, Executive Director of Educare Springfield
Kimberly Bycenski, Reading Program Adjunct Faculty and Principal of Wequonnoc Elementary in Norwich, CT
Jose Escribano, Chief of Family and Community Engagement of Springfield Public Schools
Phyllis Hakeem, Practicum Supervisor and Adjunct Faculty for Reading and Literacy Instruction Program at Bay Path University
Michael Moriarty, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Member
Janet Stratton, Graduate Program Director of the Reading and Literacy Instruction Program at Bay Path University