Kari Yates

Kari Yates is an author, speaker, consultant, and literacy systems strategist with more than 35 years in education, including roles as classroom teacher, special education teacher, Reading Recovery teacher, elementary principal, curriculum and staff development specialist, and district literacy coordinator. She works with schools and educators to improve literacy instruction and build clear, coherent systems that support stronger reading outcomes for students.

Yates is the author or co-author of several professional books on literacy instruction, including Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom (with Jan Burkins), Shifting the Balance, Grades 3–5: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom (with Jan Burkins and Katie Egan Cunningham), To Know and Nurture a Reader: Conferring with Confidence and Joy (with Christina Nosek), Simple Starts: Making the Move to a Reader-Centered Classroom, and Eat Your Broccoli.