Topic: Podcast

How can we effectively engage multilingual students and build meaningful connections?

Young children love to learn and use new words. How do we tap into this natural curiosity and excitement to support vocabulary development?

How can alerting readers to significant moments transform the way you and your students engage with a text?

What do we want students to get out of math class? Proficiency? A love of math? Job prospects? Kent and Steve discuss.

When you make the decision to move beyond long-used textbooks, you might wonder, what will kids read?

How can I fit poetry into my busy classroom schedule? And how do I even introduce poetry to students?

What is a Reading Salad, and how can you use this tangible comprehension strategy to help your students understand complex concepts?

Have you ever thought about what literacy might look like outside of the classroom?

How can we use big, essential questions when we plan lessons and experiences for our students?

A strategy for deepening understanding with a text. Excerpt from Kylene's audiobook.

In her book “Every Kid a Writer” Kelly Boswell reminds us that sometimes the hardest part about teaching writing is getting students to write at all.

How can writing help students see they are not alone?

How does teaching occur at that nexus of storytelling, performance and art?

Join host Liz Prather and guest Willeena Booker as they explore the transformative potential of writing as a tool for healing and social justice.

Heinemann author Andrea Honigsfeld discusses her new book.

Wille Carver and Liz Prather explore how sharing personal narratives can pave the path to healing and advocacy.

China Harvey and Lisa Herzig discuss their new book, Teaching Beyond the Timeline.

David Rockower and Liz Prather discuss how students explore what matters to them through writing.