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Closing the High School Literacy Gap: A Framework for School and District Leaders

Spotlight on Colquitt County School District, Moderated by Throughline Learning

When Colquitt County School District in Georgia faced the reality that high schoolers were struggling across subjects due to literacy gaps, they fundamentally redesigned their approach. Hear from the district’s leadership team as they share their honest journey from disbelief to data to district-wide action. This #100DistrictConversations spotlight will reveal how the school built buy-in from biology teachers to football coaches, created interventions that moved the needle, and helped students see literacy support as empowerment rather than punishment.

Learn their process for using Lexile data, building intervention models, leveraging holistic assessments, conducting vulnerable conversations, reallocating resources, and ensuring collective responsibility. Bring your questions about scheduling, staffing, student resistance, family communication, and resource constraints — and hear how this team has navigated them all.

Panelists:

• Daniel Chappuis, Superintendent, Colquitt County School District
• Jessica Baxter Graves, Director of Student Achievement, Colquitt County School District
• Rondesha Williams, Director of Student Services, Colquitt County School District
• Moderator/Support: Shawn Rubin, Executive Director, Throughline Learning

Questions? Contact mmurray@throughlinelearning.org