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WHOLE LANGUAGE HAS NOT BEEN DEBUNKED OR DISPROVEN
Season 17 Episode 15
This current podcast looks at another un-understanding that has been fabricated out of tiny bits of ignorance, misconceptions, and intellectual sloth…
3 years, 4 months ago
THE EDUCATIONAL CRISIS IS A MYTH: READING TEST SCORES ARE NOT PLUMMETING
Season 17 Episode 14
The premise that schools are failing, teachers are doing a horrible job, and professors like me are ruining America and sending our economy into decl…
3 years, 4 months ago
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR EARLY LITERACY LEARNING (WRITING)
Season 17 Episode 13
This podcast describes the type of literacy learning environments and instruction that enable young children to develop their full writing potential.…
3 years, 4 months ago
The "Science" of Reading Clown Club
Season 17 Episode 12
In the usual practice of academia, research is used to create theories. Theories are then used to explain a set of facts and to understand phenomena.…
3 years, 4 months ago
EMERGENT AND BEGINNING WRITING
Season 17 Episode 11
Writing emerges naturally as children are exposed to real-life writing, as they use writing for real-life experiences, and as other humans listen and…
3 years, 5 months ago
RTI, Standardized Tests, Screening Devices, and Dysgraphia
Season 17 Episode 10
In reviewing some schools’ RTI plans, a standardized reading achievement test is used as a screening device. Students are put in Tiers I, II, or III …
3 years, 5 months ago
RTI and Learning Disabilities
Season 17 Episode 9
A learning disability only exists within a school environment. Outside the narrow confines of school, I’ve seen many with identified learning disabil…
3 years, 5 months ago
Is MTSS Merely a PBIS and ABA Delivery System?
Season 17 Episode 8
MTSS or Multi-tiered systems of support claims to be based on scientific research and use only evidence-based practices. MTSS originated in the swam…
3 years, 6 months ago
Evidence and Science in Special Ed World and Science of Reading Comedy Club
Season 17 Episode 7
Can a practice really be said to be evidence-based if it only looks at a certain type of evidence? Can it really be scientifically-based reading rese…
3 years, 6 months ago
"Evidence-Based" Practices in Education: Facts or Falderal
Season 17 Episode 6
In the education world, the term “evidence-based” is often thrown around carelessly and used to end the discussion. But the question I would posit (a…
3 years, 6 months ago