Given the abrupt transition to emergency remote learning due to COVID-19 and the continued uncertainty around what the 2020/21 school year holds, considering options for rethinking how educators, students, and families "do school" is imperative.

Just as normalcy somewhat returned by the end of the 2018/19 school year and the beginning of the 2019/20 year, little did we know that a different kind of storm was going to knock us off our feet again.

As we prepare to implement summer distance learning opportunities and devise multiple options for opening the 2020/21 academic year, the urgency for figuring out how to best support our students has created multiple possibilities and challenges.

This resource is targeted to parents and caregivers with the aim of providing them with activities they can do with children that support the development of foundational reading skills at home.

For those of us now suddenly teaching remotely in a time of crisis, the concept of social presence becomes even more important.

Literacy coaching initiatives have been implemented in states, school districts, and individual schools for a number of years, and we know that this professional development can be effective if coaches engage in evidence-based activities.

As students learn to read, educators and parents want to know if they are on track to become successful readers. The solution is a streamlined framework, where the purpose for each assessment is clearly defined.

By offering students access to courses not available in their home brick-and-mortar school, VirtualSC increases students' opportunities to create a more flexible and personalized learning pathway that better matches students' career interests.

Self-study guides provide evidence-based support for stakeholders as they make a multitude of decisions for intervention implementation.

This audio features Laurie Lee, manager of the REL SE Improving Literacy Research Alliance, LeighAnne Cheeseman and Jill Hoda, Asst. State Literacy Coordinators with Mississippi DoE, and Kirsten Wells, State Literacy Director for Mississippi DoE