Upcoming Events
PA Literacy Coalition Capitol Day 2025
Join PA Literacy Coalition members and partners at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg to meet with legislators and advocate for evidence-based literacy instruction and structured literacy for all students.
📅 Monday, May 12, 2025
🕣 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
📍 PA State Capitol, Harrisburg, PA
Event Highlights:
Press Conference – Raise awareness and share our message with lawmakers and the media.
Advocacy Meetings – Engage directly with policymakers to push for legislative and budgetary action.
Let’s make history at our first annual Capitol Day—together, we can push for funding and policies that put literacy first.
Register for Capitol Day Today!
Pennsylvania Literacy Coalition Summit
Join us for the Kick-Off Summit of the Pennsylvania Early Literacy Coalition, dedicated to advancing literacy policy and the science of reading across Pennsylvania. This event will bring together educators, advocates, policymakers, and community leaders to address Pennsylvania’s literacy crisis, push for evidence-based instruction, and mobilize support for comprehensive literacy policy and funding. Highlights include interactive breakout sessions, keynote speakers, a panel on non-traditional impacts of literacy, and a fireside chat on literacy policy’s role in social and economic equity. Help us ignite change for every child in Pennsylvania to become a proficient, lifelong reader.
RSVP on Eventbrite!
PLC Monthly Coalition Call
Join the Pennsylvania Literacy Coalition four monthly coalition calls on the second Wednesday of every month! These meetings are an opportunity to:
Learn more about the coalition's mission and initiatives,
Connect with fellow members,
Share important literacy updates, and
Learn about upcoming actions to advance evidence-based early literacy policies across Pennsylvania.
We look forward to your participation as we work together to improve literacy outcomes statewide!
Register on Zoom!
Learn About Literacy Legislation in PA and Recent Updates (Webinar)
As you may have seen, 2024 NAEP scores were recently released and they were not good. Reading scores have been declining. 66% of PA 4th graders are not reading proficiently and that number rises to 84% for Black and Hispanic students.
The scores also showed a growing inequity. Scores for higher performing students remained stable but scores for lower performing students plummeted.
A lot needs to change in PA and across the country. Join Rachael Garnick from the Pennsylvania Literacy Coalition will be talking about the literacy policy in PA and budget implications for literacy.
This event is co-sponsored by Reading Allowed and the PA Literacy Coalition.
Movie Screening and Legislator Reaction Panel: The Right to Read
Join the Pennsylvania Literacy Coalition for an exclusive screening of The Right to Read at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts!!
This powerful documentary shares the stories of an activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of lifelong success: the ability to read. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Pennsylvania legislators, who will share their reactions, insights, and perspectives on the urgent need for statewide literacy policy. This in-person event promises to be both enlightening and engaging—a unique opportunity to learn and join vital conversations on literacy and advocacy. Don’t miss it!