PHOTOS: Salem turns out to learn about schools and student reading
Thousands of students in Salem schools are behind in reading and a panel of experts explained why in Salem Reporter’s Town Hall on Thursday, Feb. 5.
For 90 minutes, the panelists outlined what led to current conditions, what’s being done to improve student reading – and what those in the audience could do to help.
The speakers were Dana Nerenberg, Oregon director at the Center for Early Literacy and Learning Success in Portland, Andrea Castañeda,…
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I’m glad this paper and these speakers addressed this important problem. But I would like an article summarizing the conclusions of the panel. I assume that this one is pictorial because it will take longer to write the substantive one. Please do.
We published a summary of the panel the day after the event: https://www.salemreporter.com/2026/02/06/experts-say-poor-curriculum-short-school-year-lack-of-training-contribute-to-salem-students-poor-reading/