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The Case for Acquired Phonics
Researchers in second language acquisition have hypothesized that there are two very different ways of gaining knowledge of language: acquisition and learning. Learning results...
Telling Our Own Tales
“When we use story to help students tell their own narratives, literacy roadblocks and anxieties dissolve for even the most hesitant of learners and...
Literacy Education in 2023
If you were tasked to pick one word to guide your work as a literacy changemaker in the new year, what would it be?...
Centering on the Story: Putting Students First
As an educator and advocate, I’m continuously looking and listening for opportunities to welcome new voices and experiences as part of what I refer...
Reading Strategies 2.0
The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 is a new, expansive, extensively researched edition of author Jennifer Serravallo’s trusted literacy guide for teachers. Written with today’s...
What to Avoid When Publishing Student Writing
Writing is hard, and teaching writing is even harder. In an attempt to optimize their writing assignments, teachers often give students bad advice. While...
Paul Krugman and the Power of Science Fiction
“My mind is so free and unburdened that I am fixing to clean up my desk.”Flannery O’ConnerQuoted by Susan Ohanian, Books Day by Day,...
Michigan Bans Non-English Books from State Prisons
In June, National Public Radio reported that Michigan prisons were banning prisoners from accessing certain books and dictionaries in languages other than English.
Michigan prison...
Multiliteracies and Multilingual Learners
Equipped with Miami Linguistic Readers, Camino de la Escuela, and my own ingenuity, my young multilingual learners and I dived into what we believed...
Connecting Reading with Writing
Every semester as I prepare my classes, I ponder the same questions: Why does our academic English as a second language (ESL) program require...
Indiana Invests $111M in Science of Reading
Indiana’s literacy rate is on the decline. Just a decade ago, students taking the state’s third-grade reading exam, IREAD-3, passed at a rate of...
The Power of Sports Fiction (and the Importance of Being Impeccable)
Fiction can take what seem to be ordinary situations and show us how important they can be. This one definitely changed my life for...
