Based in Washington, DC, Donyall Dickey has an extensive background in Pre-K- 12 teaching and learning, school leadership, and district administration. Having founded Educational Epiphany in 2008 and expanding its national and international reach in 2017, Dr. Dickey’s ideas support significant and sustained gains in student achievement in urban, suburban, and rural schools.
Dr. Dickey is the author of a wide-ranging body of curricular and professional resources spanning the Science of Reading, English Language Arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. His seminal professional works include The Integrated Approach to Student Achievement (1st–4th Editions), Mitigating Curricular Chaos, Humanized Education (Marzano Resources), and his most recent book, The Universal Language of Literacy. In addition, he has authored an extensive catalog of more than 180 children’s books, literacy development tools, writing programs, and core curricula—notably contributing to the national literacy landscape through a major partnership with Scholastic Education.
A native of Texas City, Texas, Dr. Dickey began his career as a third-grade teacher in Baltimore City Public Schools, later serving as an English literature teacher and Assistant Principal in Baltimore County Public Schools. He went on to lead two secondary schools to record-setting academic gains in Baltimore City and Howard County, Maryland, solidifying his reputation as an instructional leader. In subsequent roles as an Assistant Superintendent and chief-level executive in the North and Southeast, Dr. Dickey guided scores of schools to unprecedented improvement through a focused commitment to Tier I instruction, early and continuing literacy development, human capital investment, strategic professional learning, and distributive leadership practices.