What Mississippi Got Right About Reading Kymyona Burk

0:25 — Why reading scores still struggle 2:15 — Rise of the science of reading 5:00 — Aligning leadership to drive reform 7:30 — Consistency and long-term commitment 10:00 — Implementation matters more than policy 12:30 — Where literacy efforts break down 14:30 — What teachers need to do 17:00 — From percentages to individual students 19:00 — Why some states lose momentum . 20:30 — “Mays vs. shalls” in policy 22:00 — How long it takes to see results 23:30 — Third-grade retention 25:00 — Why early intervention matters most 26:01 — Mississippi Marathon / Closing thoughts

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What Mississippi Got Right About Reading Kymyona Burk is an episode from The Harvard EdCast by Harvard EdCast.

This episode is 00:26:28 long.

This episode was published on Mar 18, 2026.

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