Name: How This Superintendent Overhauled Literacy Instruction
Uploaded: September 29, 2023
Duration: 3:16
Description: This Kentucky superintendent made overhauling literacy instruction a top priority. Two years later, he’s already seeing results.

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In July of 2021, Robert “Robby” Asberry took over as the new superintendent of Hancock County Schools, a small district in Hawesville, Kentucky. Driven by the negative academic effects of the pandemic on students and his own son’s struggles with reading, Asberry made overhauling the district’s literacy instruction one of his first priorities. Here’s what happened next.

Elizabeth Heubeck

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Elizabeth Heubeck is a staff writer for Education Week.

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As a video producer, Lauren Santucci produces, films, and edits meaningful, human-interest digital video and works closely with Education Week editors and reporters. Prior to joining Education Week in 2022, she produced videos for Al Jazeera, FRONTLINE PBS, and The Texas Tribune. She has a master’s degree in visual journalism from Ohio University and a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

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