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The Literacy View — 176 episodes

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Spelling “The How” |Sean Morrisey

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Breaking Down Shanahan’s “Essential Fundamentals of Spelling Instruction” | Guest: Sean Morrisey

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The Small Group Phonics Shift That Changes Everything with Wiley Blevins

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If Students Aren’t Doing the Thinking, They Aren’t Learning | Zaretta Hammond

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Why Most School Initiatives Fail and What Actually Works-Live from researchED

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What Actually Works In Schools with Jim Heal | LIVE from ResearchED

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Tired of Useless PD? Why researchED Is Different!

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Reid Lyon Episode:The Takeaways That Matter Most Without The BS

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NEVER BEFORE‼️ The Controversial Four!

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How to Rebuild a Weak Foundation in ANY Subject Without Lowering the Bar

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The Truth About Small Group Reading Instruction and Why Nell Duke Says It Should Be Used Wisely

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Are screens helping kids learn…or creating new problems?

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Teacher Talk and Language Development: What Do You Think the Evidence Shows?

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The Hard Truths and Persistent Myths Every Educator Must Know About the Science of Reading Featuring the Lion of Literacy Dr. Reid Lyon

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The Literacy View Valentine’s Pop Up LIVE

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Is Linguistic Phonics the New Gold Standard in Structured Literacy?

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Phonics Was Supposed to Fix This. So Why Are So Many Kids Still Struggling? | Dominic Wyse

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Overteaching or Overreacting? Mark Seidenberg Lights a Match."

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Why Almost Everyone Is Wrong About Curriculum | Greg Ashman

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A No-BS Conversation Calling Out Sloppy Literacy Language

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Structured Literacy vs. Balanced Literacy: What the Research Really Says (The Verdict You Can’t Miss)

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What If We’ve Been Teaching Spelling All Wrong? | Brennan Chandler & Jessica Toste

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How to Motivate Reluctant Readers: Mystery Solved!

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Background Knowledge Fact vs Fiction What Every Teacher Needs to Know with Dr. Timothy Shanahan

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The Juicy Truth About Phonics and AI: What No One in Education Wants to Admit

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Schools Say They Can’t Test for Dyslexia… But Is That True?

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The Most Controversial Conversations in Literacy Right Now

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The Dirty Secrets Behind Lesson Planning!! Shhhh 🤫

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The Sheriff Who’s Saving Literacy

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How Music Builds Reading Skills: Rhythm, Phonemic Awareness, and the Brain 🎶 (143)

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The Brutal Truth About Boys and Reading Literacy Motivation and the Science of Reading

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No-BS Hot Takes: Vicki Ferrari on Carl Hendrick and the Science of Learning (141)

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Phonemic Awareness Guide: Is It Accurate? Science of Reading Truth Bomb for Educators (140)

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Back-to-School Special: Carl Hendrick’s No-BS Playbook Backed by the Science of Learning | The Literacy View Podcast Ep.139

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Language Is Everything! Key Takeaways Literacy, Comprehension & Instruction Big Sky Summit 2025 (138)

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Grand Finale: Comprehension, Literacy Instruction & Language Development with Trina & Doug | Literacy Summit 2025 – Big Sky (137)

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Dr. Antonio Fierro: Bridging Research to Practice in Literacy & Effective Strategies for Multilingual Learners | Big Sky Literacy Summit 2025 (136)

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Charles Hulme, Maggie Snowling, Nickie Dubbs & Patti Durgan on Oral Language Development, Literacy Instruction & Effective Screening Practices | Big Sky Literacy Summit 2025 (135)

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Ann Kaiser on Building Early Relationships & Language Development: Positive Impacts on Student Success, Doctoral Students & School Outcomes | Big Sky Literacy Summit 2025 (134)

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Dr. Ola Ozernov-Palchik on Neuroscience, Literacy & Scalable Human + AI Tutoring | Big Sky Literacy Summit 2025 (133)

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Tiffany Hogan on Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) & Literacy Development | Big Sky Literacy Summit 2025 (Day 2)

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Syntax Is Everything! Julie Van Dyke, Nancy Eberhardt & Carla Stanford on Language, Literacy & Comprehension | Big Sky Literacy Summit 2025 (132)

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Teaching Writing with Executive Function Strategies – Dr. Leslie Laud on Planning, Self-Regulation & Student Success (131)

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Listen Again: What Effective Phonological Awareness (PA) Instruction Looks Like with Tiffany Peltier & Marianne Rice, PhD (Ep. 139)

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Listen Again-56-Reading Fluency and the Science of Reading with Dr. Tim Rasinski

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{Listen Again}~ Steve Dykstra’s Interpretation of Mark Seidenberg’s Slide Deck (52)

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{Listen Again}-The Reading Recovery Lawsuit with Steve Dykstra-(41)

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{Listen Again}-Nell Duke: What We Truly Know About the Teaching of Reading (46)

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World Literacy Summit 2025: Oxford Recap (130)

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The Literacy View Unplugged: In with The Reading League of Washington (129)

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The Decodable Debate: What No One’s Telling You-(128)

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126-CASE DISMISSED! Breaking News on Lucy, Fountas & Pinnell — with Special Ed Attorney John McGrath❤️(126)

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125-Reading Comprehension Loses Out In The Classroom‼️ Language Is The Real MVP—Backed by Evidence! (Part 3)-(125)

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124- Reading Comprehension Loses Out In The Classroom‼️ Language Is The Real MVP—Backed by Evidence! (Part 2)

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122 –Part 1- Reading Comprehension Loses Out In The Classroom‼️ Language Is The Real MVP—Backed by Evidence!

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121-The Truth About English Language Learners

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120-Literacy in Community with LINC- “Parents as Literacy Partners”

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119-Takeaway Tuesdays on Morphology and Spelling with Sue Hegland

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118-Why is Spelling Important? with Dr. Richard Gentry

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117-AI: A New Writing Pathway with Steve Graham, Phil Weinberg, and Sherry Lewkowicz

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116-Breaking News-FOMO ALERT! Sold a Story - The Evidence

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115-Leadership Matters with Pati Montgomery and Angela Hanlin❤️❤️❤️

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114-“The Outliers Unfiltered: A No-BS Literacy Talk–Breaking News Episode

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113- Takeaway Tuesdays Quotes we LOVE

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112-All Cues are NOT Created Equal with Claude Goldenberg

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111-The One About… Phonics vs SWI for Beginning Readers with Peter Bowers

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110- Game Changer: Research on the Baseball Study and Reading Comprehension with Dan Reynolds

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109-Meta on Morphology! What Should We Do? with Dr. Danielle Colenbrander

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108-Recap: Takeaways from the Top 5 Episodes of 2024

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107-Spelling Rules with Angry Farmer Marshall Roberts

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106-Practical Considerations for Implementing Small Group Instruction with Nathaniel Swain

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105-Class Action Lawsuit: BS Hits the Fan

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104-Will Lucy Make a Comeback? with Zach Groshell

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103-Disciplinary Literacy with Joan Sedita-Deep Dive Into Comprehension

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102-Recap of Episode 101 The One About… Misunderstandings of the Science of Reading with Nathan Clemens 🎯

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101-Misunderstandings of the Science of Reading By Sharon Vaughn and Nathan Clemens

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100- Recap of Ep.99-Evidence-based Answers to Questions About Decodable and Leveled Books with Dr. Devin Kearns

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99-Evidence-based Answers to Questions About Decodable and Leveled Books with Dr. Devin Kearns

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98-Teachers Need Support to Teach Reading in Grades 3-8: RAND RESEARCH REPORT

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97-Adolescent Literacy Solutions with Tricia Millar Part 2

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96-Does the Science of Reading Include Middle and High School? With James and Dianne Murphy

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95-Teachers Who Speak Up are Written Up: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

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94-Badass Moms and Their Teens: Adolescent Literacy Kickoff!

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93-SRSD Plus Oral Language, Handwriting, and Spelling with Dr. Young Kim

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92-Everything you need to know about Universal Screeners, Benchmarks, and Progress Monitoring!

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91-Are we “Sold a Story” on Science of Reading Books and Programs?

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90-Using Questioning and Strategy Instruction to Support Upper Elementary Students with Marianne Rice, Kay Wijekumar, and Kacee Lambright

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89-Report Cards: Parents are in the Dark

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88-Dr. Mark Seidenberg’s latest blogs on Phonemic Awareness

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The Best Review Of The Literacy View🎉🎉

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87-Strict Synthetic Phonics: What Does That Mean?

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86-Who Smarted?: Making Education Fun with Atomic Entertainment CEO, Jerry Kolber

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85-Lifting literacy Through Handwriting Instruction with Shawn Datchuk

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84- New Research Study on thinkSRSD Writing Instruction with Dr. Leslie Laud, Nate Joseph, and Robert Mitchell

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83-Designing a Classroom Environment to Maximize Learning

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82-Backlash in Australia: Teachers’ Union Slams New Structured Literacy Reform with Dr. Pamela Snow and James Dobson

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81-College Students Aren’t Reading with Donna Hejtmanek

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80-Five Dads, Five Stories: Coping with Reading Struggles

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79-Curriculum Implementation with Robert Pondiscio and Rivet Education

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78-What happens when the “experts” get it wrong? Real Teacher, Harriett Janetos

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77-Program Review Protocols with Dr. Timothy Shanahan

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76-Ann Sullivan: Phonics for Students with Special Needs

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75-Which ELA Practices Should Be Removed? Anna Geiger, The Measured Mom, Weighs In!

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74-APM Reports Journalist Christopher Peak Breaking News Episode!

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73-Kathy Rastle on Having a Database of Books for Children

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72-Is Reading Recovery the Science of Reading?

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71-TRL Curriculum Evaluation Guidelines with Dr. Maria Murray and Kari Kurto

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70-The Most Effective Reading Instruction with Dr. Molly Ness

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69-Text Structure and Inference Skills: The Latest Instructional Research!

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Ep.68-The One About… What’s the Research Behind Mouth Picture Sound Walls?

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67-Joan Sedita on Comprehension Strategy Instruction

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66-Is the term “SoR” overused? Special Guest Emina McLean SoR? SoL? Structured Literacy?

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65-Latest Curriculum Craze Part 2: Fact Checking with Dr. Leslie Laud and Jennifer Binis

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64-Where is the Evidence? Latest Curriculum Craze Part 1

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63-Dr. Holly Lane: Does Expensive Mean Better Quality?

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62-Speech to Print Flaws with Lyn Stone

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61-Conflating Leveled Books with Predictable Texts and Thinking About Decodables with Tiffany Peltier and Wiley Blevins

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Ep.60-Strengthening Implementation of SoR with Dr. Maureen Ruby

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59-Community-Based Screening Tools with Kate Mayer

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58-Community-Based Screening Tools with Kate Mayer

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57-What Should PA Instruction Look Like? Tiffany Peltier and Marianne Rice

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56-Reading Fluency and the Science of Reading with Dr. Tim Rasinski

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55-A Speech to Print Approach with Dr. Jan Wasowicz

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EP.54- Assemblymember Bobby Carroll: Literacy Advocacy and Dyslexia

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53-Curriculum Champions vs. the Teacher Defenders with Kata Solow

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52-Steve Dykstra’s Interpretation of Mark Seidenberg’s Slide Deck-“Where Does the Science of Reading Go From Here?” Season 3

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51-Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System is Often Wrong with Dr. Matt Burns-Season 3

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50 The One About... Is 'Sold a Story' an incomplete and oversimplified picture of reading? Nick Covington's view-Season 3

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Ep:49-The One About: Don’t Discard Comprehension Strategies with Jennifer Buckingham-Season 3

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48 Season 3-The One About...Reading Curriculum Overhaul with Chalkbeat Journalist Alex Zimmerman

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47-The One About… Powerful Writing Instruction with Karen Harris-Season 3

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46: The One About… Nell Duke: What We Truly Know About the Teaching of Reading

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45: The One About… Selective Research Findings with Dr. Michael Paff

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44: The One About: Writing Research with Stephen Ciullo and Alyson Collins

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43: The One About Pamela Snow's Call to Action

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42: The One About… An Attorney’s View on The Reading Recovery Lawsuit? Do they have a case?

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41: The One About… The Reading Recovery Lawsuit with Steve Dykstra

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40: The One About…Reading and Writing Go Together with Leah Mermelstein

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39: The One About… Multicomponent Literacy Instruction with Bruce Howlett

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38: The One About… Margie Gillis on Storytelling and Oral Language

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37: The One About... Sam Bommarito (Dr. Sam) Presents a Centrist's View in the Reading Wars

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36: The One About… Finding Your Outlet, Part 4 of the SUMMER SELF-CARE SERIES!

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35: The One About… Self-Esteem and Confidence Part 3 of the Self-Care Series!

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34: The One About Nutrition and Cognition-Self Care Series

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33: The One About… Mindfulness and Stress Reduction with Rachel

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32: The One About ...Nate Joseph's Analysis on Sor State Policies

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31: The One About...Wiley Blevins Talks About Teaching Reading

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30: The One About... Seeking Structured Literacy in a Balanced Literacy World

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29: The One About... Forcing Schools to Change How They Teach Kids to Read

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27: The One About ...Missy Purcell talks about Rebranding Balanced Literacy

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26: The One About... Should we question the science in the Science of Reading?

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25: The One About... Picture Books and The Science of Reading with Lindsay Kemeny

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24: The One About.. Geoff Vaughan Chats About Chat GPT and Literacy

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23: The One About... Does switching to a content-rich curriculum improve general reading comprehension?

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22: The One About: NYC Continues to Use Teachers College Reading Curriculum Despite Push for Change

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21:The One About...Tim Shanahan’s Take on Emily Hanford

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20: The One About… Fountas and Pinnell Meta-Analysis with Nate Joseph.

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19: The One About…Race and Equity “NAACP Targets a New Civil Rights Issue - Reading.”

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18: The One About… Fluency Expert Tim Rasinski's Response to Parents

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17: The One About: The Literacy View Wraps Up 2022

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16: The One About… Robert Pondiscio- From the Halls of Montezuma to the Halls of Central High

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15: The One About: “Parents Say Enough with the Strawman, Fix Reading Education Based on the Science”

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14 :THE ONE ABOUT...NATALIE WEXLER, JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR JOINS US

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13: THE ONE ABOUT New Podcast Examines Why Teachers Have Been ‘Sold A Story’ On Reading Instruction

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12: THE ONE ABOUT TEACHERS LEAVING THE PROFESSION

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11: THE ONE ABOUT PRIVATE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS HAVE PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITIES TOO

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10: DON'T SINK THE SHIP WITH JUST PHONICS- DISCUSSING SHANAHAN ON LITERACY

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9-Discussing Kristen Simmer's-Simmering Article-We Need More Teacher-Researcher Partnerships-is Hot!

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8-DISCUSSING- New York Post Article: ‘Expert’ idiocy on teaching kids to read is beyond comprehension

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7-RTI TAKEDOWN! IS RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION 'FAKE NEWS'?

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6-Syllables: Breaking Up is Hard to Do

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5-Oh, Dear! Do Kids Really Drop Everything and Read During Independent Reading?

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4-DO HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOLS NEED STRUCTURED LITERACY?

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1-HEAR YE, HEAR YE, DOWN AND DIRTY WITH- PHONEMIC AWARENESS DO YOU HEAR ME? Ep.1

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2-TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION-READING DECODABLE OR LEVELED BOOKS?

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3-Run from Running Records?