How to get your district’s literacy programming on the same page

Written by PRP Group | 02/25/2022

At Wayne County Schools, we serve approximately 3,000 students, about 80% of whom qualify for a free or reduced lunch. Ours is a rural district with about 20% minority enrollment.

Seven years ago, we hired a new superintendent, Wayne Roberts, who was very concerned about where the district was in terms of student reading. It’s been a long journey since, but by unifying our district around the goal of improved literacy and making some changes to ensure consistency, we’ve seen steady improvement along the way. Here’s how we did it.