Stacie Banks, EdD is an educator, coach, and systems thinker with more than 20 years working in and alongside schools. Her work sits at the intersection of literacy, leadership, and lasting change with a particular focus on bringing Science of Reading principles into middle school classrooms in ways that actually stick.

Stacie works with school leaders to build the conditions for sustainable improvement. These are not quick fixes, but the kind of incremental, data-informed progress that takes root and grows over time. She partners with principals and instructional teams to use what the data is already telling them, and to turn that insight into clear, manageable next steps.

Her doctoral research examined something she's observed throughout her career: the ways school systems, often without intending to, shape how students see themselves as learners. That work deepened her conviction that literacy instruction isn't just about skills; it's about identity. When a student learns to read well, or finally sees themselves as a reader, something larger shifts.

Stacie brings the perspective of someone who has been a teacher, a principal, a coach, and a researcher. She understands the complexity of schools from the inside, and she brings that understanding to every partnership.