Episodes
What is a Reading Salad, and how can you use this tangible comprehension strategy to help your students understand complex concepts?
Published 06/17/24
When you provide outdoor and indoor learning experiences, students can expand their knowledge and apply concepts to the real world.
Published 06/10/24
How can we use big, essential questions when we plan lessons and experiences for our students?
Published 06/03/24
How can teachers help students move beyond basic comprehension to deeper understanding and critical thinking about texts?
Published 05/27/24
Every writer is reluctant to write at some point.
Published 05/20/24
How can writing help students see they are not alone?
Published 05/09/24
How does teaching occur at that nexus of storytelling, performance and art?
Published 05/02/24
Join host Liz Prather and guest Willeena Booker as they explore the transformative potential of writing as a tool for healing and social justice.
Published 04/25/24
Heinemann author Andrea Honigsfeld discusses her new book, Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for Secondary Multilingual Learners.
Published 04/21/24
How does writing help students connect to their lives and develop vulnerability in order to bravely show up and speak their truth?
Published 04/18/24
For so long, history has been taught chronologically, but does it have to be and should it be? China Harvey and Lisa Herzig would argue that it does not and it should not.
Published 04/16/24
Liz and David discuss writing with students as an act of community and vulnerability.
Published 04/11/24
Stacey Joy and Liz Prather discuss the transformative power of using writing to reflect and rediscover joy in teaching.
Published 04/04/24
What does getting to know your students and who they are and their community really look like in practice? And in a time of so much burnout, how do we do this in a way that helps us be the best version of ourselves when we teach?
Published 03/28/24
Katie Kelly and Lester Laminack discuss the evolving landscape of education.
Published 03/21/24
Georgia Heard explores the power of poetry to nurture student relationships and build community.
Published 03/19/24
Incorporating AI into the Classroom with Carol Jago
Published 03/14/24
Kristin Bourdage discusses the pressing issues in education today.
Published 03/07/24
Steve Leinwand and Eric Milou discuss high school math reform.
Published 03/01/24
In today's episode we hear from Heinemann author Liz Prather about the pressure of the teacher shortage and how we can support teachers who come to education through alternative certification.
Published 02/29/24
The Dispatch with R. Joseph Rodríguez
Published 02/22/24
Sue O'Connell talks about the pressing issues in math education.
Published 02/15/24
Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher discuss, from their perspective, the most pressing issues in education today.
Published 02/08/24
Today, we'll hear author Andrea Honigsfeld in conversation with Pam Schwallier, the director of EL and Bilingual Programs at West Ottawa Public Schools in Michigan.
Published 02/01/24
A conversation about Shamari Reid's new book.
Published 01/25/24