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Three-Cueing, Orthographic Mapping, and Ignorance Mapping
Season 22 Episode 16
The Science of Reading zealots in Minnesota and in other states around the country (Wisconsin, Texas, Ohio, and others) have done something pretty re…
2 years, 2 months ago
Emotions, Logic, Intuition, Knowledge and the Science of Reading
Season 22 Episode 15
It’s an emotional response, make no mistake about that. The decision to abandon good reading instruction and move to what the SoR zealots call struc…
2 years, 2 months ago
Exploring Creativity with Sven Johnson
Season 22 Episode 14
In this podcast I interview Sven Johnson to talk about creativity and the creative process.
2 years, 2 months ago
Killing Cows, Burning Witches, and Reading Instruction in Minnesota
Season 22 Episode 13
There's a literacy inquisition going on in Minnesota. Science of reading zealots are on a holy crusade. They are banning books, banning words, and ba…
2 years, 2 months ago
THE MINNESOTA LIE
Season 22 Episode 12
Minnesota passed legislation, The Read Act, manding that I lie to my preservice teachers. It's the law, that I must ignore my 30 years as a scholar, …
2 years, 2 months ago
There Are No Reading Messiahs
Season 22 Episode 11
Lucy Calkins has made some tremendous contributions – but at the end of the day, she does not represent balanced literacy or a meaningful-based appro…
2 years, 3 months ago
Consensus Among Researchers, Intensive Phonics, and Word-Building Instruction
Season 22 Episode 10
I’m spending time analyzing Jessica Winter’s article in a series of podcasts because it accurately represents the dis-representation and un-understan…
2 years, 3 months ago
When Business paradigms are Used in Education
Season 22 Episode 9
The podcast looks at two different types of systems. Arthur Combs (1999) described two common types of systems used in organizations: top-down (manag…
2 years, 3 months ago
WHAT IS READING WORKSHOP AND WHY DOES EMILY HANFORD HATE IT?
Season 22 Episode 8
Reading workshop is an approach to reading instruction that falls within the parameters of whole language. It may seem more complicated, but once you…
2 years, 3 months ago
TEACHER ACCOUNTABILITY, THE MINNESOTA COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT EXAM, AND THE READING LEAGUE
Season 22 Episode 7
Beware of simplistic answers for complex problems. They are alluring but alluringly ineffective. One of these simplistic, alluringly ineffective answ…
2 years, 3 months ago