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  • Ep.84- New Research Study on thinkSRSD Writing Instruction with Dr. Leslie Laud, Nate Joseph, and Robert Mitchell
    Jul 19 2024

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

    Preprint Study:
    (PDF) ThinkSRSD: A Secondary Analysis Cohort Investigation [Working Paper: Not Peer Reviewed] 1 ThinkSRSD A Secondary Analysis Cohort Investigation [Working Paper] (researchgate.net)

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    Show notes
    The One About…
    New Research Study on thinkSRSD with Dr. Leslie Laud, Nate Joseph, and Robert Mitchell

    Article:
    ThinkSRSD A Secondary Analysis Cohort Investigation [Working Paper]
    July 2024

    Conflict of Interest Statement:
    The first and second authors of this manuscript were contracted by ThinkSRSD to independently evaluate the efficacy of ThinkSRSD. Both authors received financial compensation for their work. However, a contract was established between the first author and ThinkSRSD outlining ethical practices, including a commitment to uphold the principles of ethical and open science. This contract mandated that all research outcomes, regardless of results, be shared publicly.

    Quote:
    “Out of the 97 schools analyzed, every single treatment school, or schools averaged as a group within a district if the full-district took part, outperformed their control cohort.”

    Dr.Leslie Laud
    Dr. Leslie Laud supports teachers, schools, districts and states nationally with strengthening writing instruction. She has taught in both general and special education, and worked as a principal. She holds a doctorate from Columbia University, where she was mentored by Dr. Judith Birsh in explicit reading instruction, Dr. Lyn Corno in self-regulated learning and Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond in school change. She has served as co-PI and lead PI on federally-funded large research studies of writing instruction, publishes empirical studies in peer-reviewed journals and presents frequently at national conferences.
    www.thinksrsd.com
    Nathaniel Hansford (Nate Joseph)
    New Book!!
    The Scientific Principles of Teaching: Bridging the Divide Between Educational Practice and Research (A user-friendly guide for understanding education research.)

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Ep.83-Designing a Classroom Environment to Maximize Learning
    Jul 12 2024

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    The One About:
    Designing a Classroom Environment to Maximize Learning

    Should children sit in rows facing the teacher?


    Does the task determine the seating arrangement?





    Kevin Stoller


    Kevin Stoller is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for mission-based businesses. He earned a Master's in Business Administration from The Ohio State University, and a Bachelor's degree from Miami University. He co-founded Kay-Twelve, a leading national distributor of educational furniture, in 2009. On a personal note, Kevin spends as much time as possible with his wife Darci and their three active children, Grant, Maggie & Tessa. The Stoller Family recently moved to Scottsdale, Arizona--but Kevin still roots for his sports teams from growing up in Chicago and spending 20+ years in Ohio.





    Website:


    https://www.kay-twelve.com/





    Articles:


    The influence of classroom seating arrangement on children’s cognitive processes in primary school: the role of individual variables - PMC


    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602767/





    Exploration of Classroom Seating Arrangement and Student Behavior in a Second Grade Classroom


    https://www.re

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  • Ep.82-Backlash in Australia: Teachers’ Union Slams New Structured Literacy Reform with Dr. Pamela Snow and James Dobson
    Jun 28 2024

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    "If Only I Would Have Known..." (3-in-1 Edition): What I wish the Pediatrician, the Preschool Teacher, and the Librarian would have told me about Language, Literacy, and Dyslexia https://a.co/d/50d2qWZ





    The One About…

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





    Education HQ News

    “‘Dismayed’ Vic teachers’ union slams new structured literacy reform” June 17, 2024

    https://search.app/VvBy78ENi77kD7Gq6



    “Backlash erupts over Vic teachers’ union’s stance on structured literacy reform” June 18, 2024

    https://educationhq.com/news/backlash-erupts-over-vic-teachers-unions-stance-on-structured-literacy-reform-175428/





    Dr. Pamela Snow Bio

    https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/pcsnow



    Article

    “It takes a village: Changing reading instruction in the Education State”

    https://search.app/9D8fh6icGcvPkKbG9





    Blog:

    The Snow Report

    http://pamelasnow.blogspot.com/



    Twitter (X)

    @PamelaSnow2



    James Dobson Bio

    https://layingthefoundations.weebly.com/about.html



    Article:

    “A letter to the AEU Vic - Laying the Foundations”

    https://layingthefoundations.weebly.com/home/a-letter-to-the-aeu-vic



    Twitter (X) @jdtdobson

    Instagram @mr_j_dobson





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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Ep.81-College Students Aren’t Reading with Donna Hejtmanek
    Jun 21 2024

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    "If Only I Would Have Known..." (3-in-1 Edition): What I wish the Pediatrician, the Preschool Teacher, and the Librarian would have told me about Language, Literacy, and Dyslexia
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    Ep.81-The One About…

    College Students Aren’t Reading with Donna Hejtmanek

    Article: “The College Kids Are Not All Right”

    Reports from professors point to an alarming decline in cognitive capabilities, even at selective institutions by Natalie Wexler

    June 2, 2024

    https://nataliewexler.substack.com/p/the-college-kids-are-not-all-right

    Quote:

    “Students are intimidated by anything over 10 pages and seem to walk away from readings of as little as 20 pages with no real understanding.”

    “We are in new territory when even highly motivated honors students struggle to grasp the basic argument of a 20-page article.”

    Why is this happening? What are the reasons for the decline?

    Donna Hejtmanek bio:

    Donna Hejtmanek (hite-man-ik) retired after 41 years of teaching special education and serving as a reading specialist-interventionist. She served as president of the Literacy Task Force of Northern Wisconsin, was appointed by Gov. Scott Walker in 2014 to Wisconsin’s Read to Lead Literacy Council, served as the legislative chair of the International Dyslexia Association and served on The Legislative Council Study Committee on the Identification and Management of Dyslexia in 2018, resulting in Wisconsin’s first dyslexia bill, Act 86, signed into legislation in 2019. Hejtmanek was awarded the Herb Kohl Teacher Fellowship Award in 2016. Donna retired in 2018. In retirement, she spends her days creating professional development opportunities for teachers on her Facebook group, Science of Reading—What I Should Have Learne

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Ep.80-Five Dads, Five Stories: Coping with Reading Struggles
    Jun 14 2024

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    "If Only I Would Have Known..." (3-in-1 Edition): What I wish the Pediatrician, the Preschool Teacher, and the Librarian would have told me about Language, Literacy, and Dyslexia
    https://a.co/d/50d2qWZ

    Show Notes:
    The One About…
    Five Dads, Five Stories: Coping with Reading Struggles
    Dads tell their stories!
    How did it feel growing up with reading and writing challenges?
    What were their fears?
    Did having a child with reading struggles bring back memories?
    What action steps did they take?
    We talk about school challenges, emotional health, overcoming trauma, and raising
    children with reading and writing difficulties. Conversations include dyslexia, learning
    disabilities, ADHD, and DLD.
    They have some advice for you!!
    It’s raining men on The Literacy View Father’s Day Special!
    Special Guests:
    Tre Hadrick
    Danny Marino
    John Mullarkey
    Jason Orlosky
    Stephen Yearout













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    1 hr and 49 mins
  • Ep.79-Curriculum Implementation with Robert Pondiscio and Rivet Education
    Jun 7 2024

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    Curriculum Implementation with Robert Pondiscio and Rivet Education



    Article: “Taking Curriculum Implementation Seriously”

    https://fordhaminstitute.org/national/commentary/taking-curriculum-implementation-seriously#





    Quote: “This involved multiple phases, which Rivet categorizes as ‘exploration; program installation; initial implementation; consistent implementation; and innovation and sustainability.’”



    Robert Pondiscio Bio:

    Robert Pondiscio is a senior visiting fellow at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)



    He writes and speaks extensively on education and education-reform issues, with an emphasis on literacy, curriculum, civic education, and classroom practice. His 2019 book, How the Other Half Learns, based on a year of observations at New York City’s Success Academy network of charter schools, was praised as “morally disturbing” and “unsparingly honest” by the New York Times. After twenty years in journalism, including senior positions at TIME and Business Week, Robert became a fifth-grade teacher at a struggling South Bronx public school in 2002. He subsequently served as vice president for the Core Knowledge Foundation, taught civics at Democracy Prep Public Schools, a network of high-performing charter schools based in Harlem, New York, and was a Senior Fellow and Vice President for External Affairs here at Fordham.



    Robert’s articles and op-ed columns on education have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the New York Daily News, Education Next, and dozens of other publications. A frequent speaker and expert guest on education issues, he has appeared on the Fox News Channel, CNN, and elsewhere.







    Annie Morrison, Co-Founder and Principal Consultant
    www.riveteducation.org.
    Link to instructional tool:https://riveteducation.org/navigating-the-instructional-materials-implementation-journey/
    As co-founder and principal consultant at Rivet Education, Annie works with state and local education agencies to develop and execute cohesive academic strategies to scale the use of high-quality instructional materials with a specific focus on the communications needed to execute those strategies well. Most recently, she has been supporting the Delaware, New Mexico, and Maryland Departments of Education with the implementation of HQIM.
    Before founding Rivet, Annie served as the Director of Communications for the Louisiana Department of Education, where she managed and led educator relations for the agency. During her seven years with the agency, she developed and executed state-wide and national public relations strategies related to the state’s academic plan, impacting over 100 school systems and 50,000 edu

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    56 mins
  • Ep.78-What happens when the “experts” get it wrong? Real Teacher, Harriett Janetos
    May 31 2024

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    The One About…

    What happens when the “experts” get it wrong?

    Real Teacher, Harriett Janetos



    Quotes:

    “Full transparency from researcher to practitioner is too often lacking…”



    “Tasking teachers with evaluating expert advice and determining the “right” reasons to accept or reject it is a tall order.”



    Harriett’s blog:

    “Do Our Literacy Heroes Fail Us, Or Do We Fail Ourselves?”

    https://highfiveliteracy.com/2024/05/23/do-our-literacy-heroes-fail-us-or-do-we-fail-ourselves/





    Book Recommendation: From Sound to Summary: Braiding the Reading Rope to Make Words Make Sense available on Amazon.



    Harriett Janetos Bio:

    Over 35 years in education, Harriett has taught every grade level K-12: beginning reading to Advanced Placement English. After teaching high school English for 8 years, she took child-rearing leave and spent that time presenting as a teacher-consultant for the Bay Area Writing Project, getting her Master's in writinginstruction, and doing volunteer lessons in her children's elementary school classrooms. Following a move to the elementary school level where she taught kindergarten through fourth grade, she received a reading specialist credential and has worked as a reading specialist for the past 13 years, initially with grades 4th to 6th and then over the past eight years with grades first and second. This year she published an instructional guide to reading, From Sound to Summary: Braiding the Reading Rope to Make Words Make Sense.

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  • Ep. 77-Program Review Protocols with Dr. Timothy Shanahan
    May 21 2024

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    The One About…
    Program Review Protocols with Dr. Timothy Shanahan
    Timothy Shanahan’s latest blog on problems with textbook reviews got us talking!
    Shanahan took some time out of his busy schedule to join us on The Literacy View to
    discuss problems and his suggested solutions.
    Shanahan on Literacy Article:
    What About Textbook Reviews?
    https://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/what-about-the-textbook-reviews
    Quote:
    Despite the rhetoric of these groups, the term “evidence aligned” is meaningless. Often
    there is no direct evidence that what is being required has ever benefited children’s
    learning in a research study.

    TIMOTHY SHANAHAN bio:
    Timothy Shanahan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at
    Chicago where he was Founding Director of the UIC Center for Literacy. Previously, he
    was director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools. He is author/editor of more than
    200 publications on literacy education. His research emphasizes the connections
    between reading and writing, literacy in the disciplines, and improvement of reading
    achievement.
    Tim is past president of the International Literacy Association. He served as a member
    of the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Literacy under Presidents George W.
    Bush and Barack Obama, and he helped lead the National Reading Panel, convened at
    the request of Congress to evaluate research on the teaching reading, a major influence
    on reading education. He chaired two other federal research review panels: the National
    Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth, and the National Early
    Literacy Panel, and helped write the Common Core State Standards.
    He was inducted to the Reading Hall of Fame in 2007 and is a former first-grade
    teacher.

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    1 hr and 14 mins