DeJunne’ Clark Jackson, M.A., M.A.T., M.Ed., CALT, LDT, is president of The Center for Literacy & Learning and a dedicated educational leader with more than a decade of experience supporting children and adolescents across various stages of their academic journeys. From early childhood development to college readiness, Clark Jackson has worked tirelessly to help students achieve success in their educational pursuits.

She has also contributed to child advocacy through her work with the district attorney’s Child Advocacy Center as the executive director. Clark Jackson is the founder of Learning Fundamentals Educational Therapy & Consulting, serves as president of The Reading League Louisiana, and is state leader of Decoding Dyslexia Louisiana.

DeJunne’ is a passionate advocate for literacy and learning, actively contributing to state-level initiatives such as the Louisiana Department of Education’s Dyslexia Bulletin Workgroup, Louisiana Literacy Advisory Commission, and Special Education Advisory Panel. She is also the co-author of The Speech Language Pathologist’s Guide to Dyslexia and one of only three nationally credentialed AET Educational Therapists in Louisiana. Additionally, she is a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) with specialized expertise in supporting students with learning differences, particularly struggling readers.

She is deeply committed to raising awareness about dyslexia, promoting early identification and intervention, and empowering families and educators with actionable solutions.

Dr. Steve Graham is a Regents and the Warner professor in the Division of Leadership and Innovation in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University. For 45 years, he has studied how writing develops, how to teach it effectively, and how writing can be used to support reading and learning. In recent years, he has been involved in the development and testing of digital tools for supporting writing and reading through a series of grants from the Institute of Educational Sciences and the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education. His research involves typically developing writers and students with special needs in both elementary and secondary schools, with much occurring in classrooms in urban schools.  

Graham is the former editor of Exceptional Children, Contemporary Educational Psychology, Journal of Writing Research, Focus on Exceptional Children, and Journal of Educational Psychology. He is the co-author of the "Handbook of Writing Research," "Handbook of Learning Disabilities," "APA Handbook of Educational Psychology," "Writing Better," "Powerful Writing Strategies for all Students" and "Making the Writing Process Work." He is also the author of three influential Carnegie Corporation reports: Writing Next , Writing to Read , and Informing Writing.