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Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.

@kymyona_burk

Mom, MS Literacy Leader, Senior Policy Fellow, National Early Literacy Champion📚@JacksonStateU Alum, ΔΣθ🔺🐘 All views expressed are my own 😊

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“States that have seen improvement …are working to achieve systemic change and to effectively implement strong policies that put students at the center. It will take time. Stay the course.” Updates to earlyliteracymatters.org are now live! ExcelinEd excelined.org/2025/02/20/how…

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States like #Alabama, #Indiana and #SouthCarolina are leading with evidence-based policies to boost #literacy! Check out Dr. Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.’s article exploring the progress and next steps states can take to improve reading outcomes. postandcourier.com/opinion/commen…

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{new} Over the last decade, the bottom has fallen out on reading achievement scores. Among low-performing students, 16 states saw declines of 20 points or more and two states — Delaware and Maryland — had declines of more than 30 (!) points.

{new} Over the last decade, the bottom has fallen out on reading achievement scores.  

Among low-performing students, 16 states saw declines of 20 points or more and two states — Delaware and Maryland — had declines of more than 30 (!) points.
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📚 Early literacy has come a long way—but there’s still work to do. Dr. Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.’s latest op-ed details two decades of progress and what’s needed to close the remaining gaps. shelbynews.com/raising-better…

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What makes literacy policies effective? Learn from states leading the way in reading achievement! Experts will share strategies, challenges, & policy impacts—plus how YOU can advocate for change. Join us at #PALiteracySummit! paliteracy.org/summit Ashley DeMauro Mullins Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.

What makes literacy policies effective? Learn from states leading the way in reading achievement! Experts will share strategies, challenges, & policy impacts—plus how YOU can advocate for change.

Join us at #PALiteracySummit! 
paliteracy.org/summit
<a href="/AshleyDeMauro/">Ashley DeMauro Mullins</a> <a href="/kymyona_burk/">Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.</a>
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Congratulations, Mississippi and Louisiana! #AIMSymposium2025 opened today with kudos for the states with remarkable reading proficiency gains to show for their effort. @aimtolearn Kymyona Burk, Ed.D. Kristen Wynn Cade Brumley

Congratulations, Mississippi and Louisiana! 

#AIMSymposium2025  opened today with kudos for the states with remarkable reading proficiency gains to show for their effort. 

@aimtolearn <a href="/kymyona_burk/">Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.</a> <a href="/Literacy_Wynns/">Kristen Wynn</a> <a href="/cadebrumley/">Cade Brumley</a>
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📢 #PALiteracySummit Session Spotlight 📢 Join us for an engaging panel discussion on turning strong literacy policy into real classroom impact! Full Agenda at paliteracy.org/summit-agenda Hollie Woodard Nyshawana Francis Jason Ortitay Kymyona Burk, Ed.D. Maddie Hanna

📢 #PALiteracySummit Session Spotlight 📢

Join us for an engaging panel discussion on turning strong literacy policy into real classroom impact!   

Full Agenda at paliteracy.org/summit-agenda

<a href="/holliewood24/">Hollie Woodard</a> <a href="/DrNyshawana/">Nyshawana Francis</a> <a href="/JasonOrtitay/">Jason Ortitay</a> <a href="/kymyona_burk/">Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.</a> <a href="/maddiehanna/">Maddie Hanna</a>
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More great learning w/ Dr. Tennette Smith, Deputy State Superintendent in the Office of Teaching and Learning at Maryland State Department of Education, on her experience leading Mississippi’s #literacy initiative w/ Kymyona Burk, Ed.D. and the work now being done to support literacy in MD.

More great learning w/ Dr. Tennette Smith, Deputy State Superintendent in the Office of Teaching and Learning at <a href="/MdPublicSchools/">Maryland State Department of Education</a>, on her experience leading Mississippi’s #literacy initiative w/ <a href="/kymyona_burk/">Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.</a> and the work now being done to support literacy in MD.
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Excited to be a part of the #PALiteracySummit today! What an amazing opportunity to share literacy implementation strategies that have been impactful across the country! #PALiteracy PA Literacy ExcelinEd

Excited to be a part of the #PALiteracySummit today! What an amazing opportunity to share literacy implementation strategies that have been impactful across the country! #PALiteracy <a href="/paliteracy/">PA Literacy</a> <a href="/ExcelinEd/">ExcelinEd</a>
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Glad to have Kareem J. Weaver speaking at the PA Literacy Summit today! Re: our students: “Keep them safe and teach them how to read. Non-negotiables.” 🙌🏼 #paliteracy #untilALLkidscanread

Glad to have <a href="/KJWinEducation/">Kareem J. Weaver</a> speaking at the <a href="/paliteracy/">PA Literacy</a> Summit today!  Re: our students: “Keep them safe and teach them how to read.  Non-negotiables.” 🙌🏼 #paliteracy #untilALLkidscanread
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"We have to be able to create the conditions for success" Kymyona Burk, Ed.D. ExcelinEd PA Literacy I've taken so much wisdom, resolve, and 🔥 from this amazing PA Literacy summit. Do you know your champions? We will help you find them (and convert them)! Parents - FIGHT FOR YOUR

"We have to be able to create the conditions for success" <a href="/kymyona_burk/">Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.</a> <a href="/ExcelinEd/">ExcelinEd</a> <a href="/paliteracy/">PA Literacy</a> 

I've taken so much wisdom, resolve, and 🔥 from this amazing <a href="/paliteracy/">PA Literacy</a> summit.

Do you know your champions? We will help you find them (and convert them)!

Parents - FIGHT FOR YOUR
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How fortunate we are to have Dr. Kymyona Burk as the closing keynote followed by an opportunity for Q& A at the PA Literacy Summit!! #paliteracy Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.

How fortunate we are to have Dr. Kymyona Burk as the closing keynote followed by an opportunity for Q&amp; A  at the PA Literacy Summit!! #paliteracy <a href="/kymyona_burk/">Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.</a>
Ashley DeMauro Mullins (@ashleydemauro) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What a day! So energized after being at the PA Literacy Summit talking about the power of policy, the importance of implementation and lessons learned from other states. Thankful to my ExcelinEd colleagues for being here and to our many partners for an amazing day!

What a day!  So energized after being at the <a href="/paliteracy/">PA Literacy</a> Summit talking about the power of policy, the importance of implementation and lessons learned from other states. Thankful to my <a href="/ExcelinEd/">ExcelinEd</a> colleagues for being here and to our many partners for an amazing day!
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Thank you PA Literacy for putting together an awesome event yesterday! I was honored to serve on a panel with Hollie Woodard Kymyona Burk, Ed.D. Nyshawana Francis Amy Coleman! Together, we are going to get this done for Pennsylvania.

Thank you <a href="/paliteracy/">PA Literacy</a> for putting together an awesome event yesterday! I was honored to serve on a panel with <a href="/holliewood24/">Hollie Woodard</a> <a href="/kymyona_burk/">Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.</a> <a href="/DrNyshawana/">Nyshawana Francis</a> Amy Coleman! Together, we are going to get this done for Pennsylvania.
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📰PA Literacy Coalition Manager Rachael Garnick shares her PA Literacy Summit reflections and key takeaways in her latest piece, "Post-Summit Reflection: Turning Momentum into Action." Read the full article on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pulse/post-sum…

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More states are banning three-cueing—and that’s a big win for early readers. 🎉📘 Evidence-based reading instruction, rooted in phonics, is gaining ground. It’s time all kids got what works. Read this insightful Education Week article, including a quote from Dr. Kymyona Burk, Ed.D.!

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Senior Policy Fellow Kymyona Burk joined NPR’s 1A podcast to discuss how #Mississippi & #Louisiana boosted literacy scores in just a few years—and what other states can learn from their success. Listen now ⤵️ npr.org/2025/05/20/125…