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39th Abydos Trainers' & Teachers' Conference
Fri, Nov 07
|Houston
Step into a dynamic weekend of inspiration and expertise at the Abydos Conference, where educators and leaders gather to unlock new ways of empowering student voices through writing and learning. Tom Newkirk is keynote speaker.
Time & Location
Nov 07, 2025, 9:00 AM CST – Nov 09, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
Houston, 4450 University Dr, Houston, TX 77204, USA
About the event
Follow this link to register today to one of the most powerful conferences you will attend this year. Our Diamond level trainers, and recertifying trainers are presenting new research combined with scientifically proven teaching techniques and will offer lessons that you can take back to your classrooms for immediate use on Monday.
Tom Newkirk is speaking on Friday at the Opening Session at 800a.
Conrad Hilton at University of Houston $175/per night
Thomas Newkirk
Tom Newkirk, lifetime educator and bestselling author of Minds Made for Stories, discusses eight powerful literacy practices-- and the democratic values that connect them. Newkirk argues that "the house of literacy has a thousand doors, and our job is to help students find one that will let them in." Yet for many students reading and writing is made unnecessarily difficult and uninviting. We need to tell a better story. Literacy's Democratic Roots celebrates eight door-opening ideas that can help us make room for all students.
