EdLeader Podcast - Accelerating Literacy Development with Dr. Donyall Dickey

In this episode of EdLeader, Dr. Rob Jackson sits down with Dr. Donyall Dickey, Chief Executive Officer of Educational Epiphany, to discuss the critical need to prioritize literacy in all curriculum areas. Dr. Dickey shares that the conceptual understanding of academic language is arguably the most significant accelerator of student achievement. Dr. Dickey’s ideas for school improvement and organizational effectiveness are used to improve the lived schooling experience for children across the nation.

Dr. Donyall Dickey is a nationally recognized authority on curriculum, instruction, organizational development, and administration of schools. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Loyola University – Maryland, and George Washington University – D.C., where he earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership & Policy and wrote a ground-breaking dissertation on resilience in African American males. Dr. Dickey began his career as a third grade teacher in the Baltimore City Schools before becoming a high school English literature/SAT prep teacher and assistant principal. Dr. Dickey served as a principal in the Howard County Public School System. Unparalleled levels of student achievement and school improvement characterized his career as a site-based, instructional leader, including having led the lowest performing middle school in Howard County to the most significant gains on the Maryland School Assessment, outgaining more than 3,000 schools.

Dr. Dickey served as the Chief Academic Officer of the School District of Philadelphia. Later, Dr. Dickey served students and families in Atlanta as the Chief Schools Officer and Chief Academic Officer of the Atlanta Public Schools. He has authored and published 33 books.

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