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It’s Easier to Blame Teachers than to Fix Problems
Season 23 Episode 12
If you can blame students, teachers, and colleges of education, we won’t see the social problems that impact learning. It’s much easier to blame tea…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Ample Testimony of Reading
Season 23 Episode 11
To fully understand this current reading “crisis” (which really isn’t a crisis at all), it must be seen in the context of similar “crises” occurring …
1 year, 6 months ago
Understanding the Limitations of Data and Research in Educational Research
Season 23 Episode 10
The thing about research is that it doesn’t prove anything, at least not in the social sciences. There is no single research that conclusively proves…
1 year, 7 months ago
The Reading Crisis the Isn't: Context Matters
Season 23 Episode 9
Words are always encountered in the context of a sign, product, or sentence. In the same way, to be understood, data must be understood and evaluate…
1 year, 7 months ago
Reading Instruction in the Context of Crisis
Season 23 Episode 8
If you were to consume a lot of popular media today related to education, you would be led to believe that there is a reading crisis. Apparently, it…
1 year, 7 months ago
LETRS Does Not Meet Basic SoR Standards
Season 23 Episode 7
Conclusions
The Science of Reading promotes the exclusionary use of strategies and practices that have been shown to be effective using controlled exp…
1 year, 8 months ago
LETRS: Weasels or Engery Efficient Light Bubls
Season 23 Episode 6
This podcast examines Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Special (Lexia) or LETRS. I wanted to find the “reliable, trustworthy, and vali…
1 year, 8 months ago
Of Mice and Minnesota: Mouse World and Reading Instruction
Season 23 Episode 5
Yes, state legislatures have the right to impose statues. Absolutely. But teacher's unions have the right, and the moral obligation to respond. Th…
1 year, 9 months ago
Emily Hanford is the Alexa App of Reading Instruction
Season 23 Episode 4
A fact may be true. But the truth of the fact is limited to the context in which it was found. Outside a meaningful context, the fact may mean some…
1 year, 9 months ago
The New Reading Anti-Science Movement in Minnesota
Season 23 Episode 3
This is an interview with a Minnesota reading Professor. Ideology has replaced science when it comes to reading instruction in Minnesota.
1 year, 10 months ago