Shanahan on Literacy
Timothy Shanahan is a renowned expert on the teaching of literacy. This podcast addresses practical issues in teaching students to read and to read better.
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What Role Should Pictures Play in Teaching Reading?
SEPTEMBER 27, 2025
This podcast explores the role that pictures play in teaching decoding, vocabulary, and reading comprehension.
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Disciplinary Literacy Goes to Elementary School
SEPTEMBER 20, 2025
This podcast explains the nature of disciplinary literacy and lays out a description of what role it should play in the elementary school reading curriculum.
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Our Middle School Reading Scores are Dropping – Help!
SEPTEMBER 06, 2025
Middle school reading scores are stagnant or dropping all over the country. What can we do about that? This podcast explores what a science of reading based response should look like. If you want to help upper elementary, middle school, and high school readers, please tune in!
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