A member of Summit Schools staff is to speak before a Congressional subcommittee on Thursday regarding federal literacy initiatives and efforts to improve reading and writing for students from early childhood through high school.

Mary Kay Dore, district student support services manager, is to speak in Washington, D.C. along with Congressman Jared Polis at 10 a.m.

“I am excited at the chance to share some changes we have made in our schools that have helped address the needs of students and help teachers plan for interventions that make a difference for students,” Dore said in a press release. “We have tried to change our practice to help support every student to their highest levels of achievement.”

Polis recently introduced the Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation Act supporting comprehensive literacy initiatives.

“Mary Kay's testimony will highlight the effective strategies for improving reading instruction and comprehension that she and her colleagues have implemented successfully in Summit County's schools, offering guidance on how we can strengthen the federal role in literacy,” Polis said in the press release.

The hearing is to occur at the House Education and Labor Committee Hearing Room before the subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education.

It will be webcast live from the Education and Labor Committee website at http://edlabor.house.gov.

— Robert Allen