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The ability to manipulate phrase and clause structures is the very essence of what makes a skilled, confident writer.

In this episode, Sonja and Dana chat about the value of book clubs, and how they can become a tool to disrupt the idea that our job and mission is to teach books…when really it should be to teach readers.

We leave our closets in hopes of freedom, and we are often greeted with the responsibility of making our schools more inclusive for students and teachers just like us.

How do you feel about grammar? For many of us, it was a frustrating exercise that kept writing inaccessible.

The PLC series continues with ways to reach literacy goals of increased reading access to books, and time spent reading and writing.

Comparing a writer’s notebook to a collection strikes a chord with kids, many of whom are collectors themselves.

As they read, it’s important for students to get in the habit of asking not what, what, what, but why and how...

Today on the podcast we’re discussing the value of teaching talk in the classroom.

In Children Want to Write, the chapter titled “Reflect, Reflect, Reflect” included what may well have been Don Graves’ greatest, most honorable essay.

Until fairly recently, many committed science educators downplayed the idea that reading and writing play an important role in learning science.

When you teach talk, you are teaching something that kids can use in reading, in writing, in math, in science, in social studies...

In this fourth installment to Minjung Pai's mini-series, Min speaks with Dr. Asao Inoue on unlearning white supremacist language in the classroom.

Because of bias, we’ve created institutions that reflect and enact it on people.

Learn more about the audiobook of Children Want to Write...

Name stories are individuals’ explanations of the personal or traditional meaning, importance, or origin of their names

Today on the podcast, we're handing the podcast over to Heinemann Fellow Brian Melton...

Read the foreword to Liz Prather's new book, Story Matters, written by Kelly Gallagher. Story Matters tells the importance of learning through the power of story.

If someone tells you teaching is easy, they probably don't really know teaching.