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Interview w/ David Kilpatrick
Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
10/27/20 • 63 min
David A. Kilpatrick, Ph.D. is a professor of psychology for the State University of New York College at Cortland. He is a New York State certified school psychologist with 28 years of experience in schools. He has been teaching courses in learning disabilities and educational psychology since 1994. David is a reading researcher and the author of two books on reading, Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties, and Equipped for Reading Success, and is a co-editor of a third, Reading Development and Difficulties: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice.
Dr. David Kilpatrick is one of the most recognizable experts in the area of reading development and reading difficulties today. His books Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties and Equipped for Reading Success are considered “must-reads” for teachers everywhere. David has expanded our collective understanding of the nature of word-level reading, specifically in the areas of phonemic proficiency and orthographic mapping, which has guided new directions in assessment and intervention.
In this episode, David will discuss what and who have influenced his work, what people tend to get wrong about the science of reading, and how a healthy dose of humility is critical to moving the work forward. Hold on to your hats! David has great stories and lots to share.
Further Reading and Exploration
- Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties
- Equipped for Reading Success
- Reading Development and Difficulties: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice
Videos
- Effective and Ineffective Interventions for Word Reading
- Understanding the Role of Phonemic Proficiency in Boosting Reading Skills in Struggling Readers
- Reading in the Rockies Conference Presentation
- 95% Group Webinar Series
Other
Dave’s Picks
Interview w/ Rupen Fofaria
Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
06/07/22 • 55 min
Rupen Fofaria is a storyteller at EDNC.org, where he examines how education policy shows up in classrooms and impacts teachers, students, and families. Rupen has invested much of his time since 2019 reporting stories about literacy instruction in North Carolina. His stories about the body of research on how kids learn to read take readers inside classrooms, advance student and family narratives, explore challenges for early reading teachers, and study best practices in colleges of education. Prior to joining EdNC, Rupen was an attorney in Raleigh and Chicago, practicing start-up and intellectual property law. In his (much) younger days, he was a sports writer for ESPN.com, the Raleigh News and Observer, and the Orlando Sentinel. Rupen’s passion is shining light on untold and underreported issues.
Further Resources and Rupen’s Picks:
- Rupen Fofaria and his reporting
- Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition From Novice to Expert by Anne Castles, Kathleen Rastle, and Kate Nation
- Language at the Speed of Sight: How We Read, Why So Many Can’t, and What Can Be Done About It by Mark Seidenberg
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- The Tristan Strong Series by Kwame Mbalia
- Theories of Adolescent Development by Barbara M. Newman and Philip R. Newman
- Y Guides
- “Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation, comes action.“ Tupac Shakur
Interview w/ Audie Alumbaugh
Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
04/05/22 • 56 min
Audie Alumbaugh received her master’s degree in special education but has been an unpaid advocate for Arkansas children for over 10 years. Her passion began when teaching mathematics and recognizing that middle school and high school students were unable to perform at the potential when “word problems” were presented to them. it did not take long after that for her to realize the reading crisis in Arkansas. When her faculty position at the University of Central Arkansas and her advocacy for children resulted in what public school superintendents referred to as a “conflict of interest,” Audie left her faculty position knowing children’s education is more important and much more urgently needed. Audie has advocated for thousands of children and attended thousands of 504 and IEP meetings around the state as well as several outside of her home state. In 2015 Audie founded the Arkansas Dyslexia Support Group and funded its activities herself. Audie works tirelessly with the Arkansas legislature. Through her work several laws have been enacted strengthening public schools’ responsibility in identifying children with dyslexia and providing proper science-based intervention. Audie has assisted advocates in other states and worked to strengthen their laws as well.
This is a labor of love for Audie.
Further Resources and Audie’s Picks:
- More on Audie’s Work
- Arkansas Dyslexia Support Group (75 Taylor Circle, Conway, AR 72032)
- Arkansas Reading Initiative for Student Excellence (R.I.S.E.) resources
- PBS NewsHour segment highlighting Arkansas and Audie’s work
- Blueprint for a Literate Nation; How You Can Help by Cinthia Coletti
- An Uphill Climb by Dave Sargent
- "To whom much is given, much will be required" (Luke 12:48)
Interview w/ Deborah Jacobson
Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
05/03/22 • 52 min
Deborah is an education attorney in the San Francisco Bay Area currently representing families and students against school districts throughout Northern California. She is extremely passionate about her work and the rights of children with disabilities and children who are disproportionally affected by the failures of public schools. Deborah is an active member of the educational community and works with parents, teachers, administrators, service providers and local organizations to support the needs of vulnerable youth.
Deborah has spent her entire legal career working on behalf of children. As a law student she worked as a legal intern and special education advocate for Disability Rights California and Bay Area Legal Aide, then quickly became the managing associate at a special education law firm in the District of Columbia where she represented low-income families in court appointed special education cases. Prior to relocating back to the Bay Area, Deborah co-founded The School Justice Project (“SJP”), a legal services and advocacy organization serving older students with special education needs who are involved in Washington DC’s justice system. In 2013 Deborah started her own practice in Berkeley, California, Jacobson Education Law (“JEL”). In addition to her private practice, Deborah has worked as both co-counsel and of counsel for Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (“DREDF”), and she currently serves as Of Counsel for The East Bay Community Law Center in their Education Justice Clinic.
Deborah has effectively and compassionately represented hundreds of clients in special education matters. She is a frequent presenter at state and national conferences and provides trainings to local advocacy and parent groups.
Further Resources and Deborah’s Picks:
Interview w/ Parker Palmer (Part 2)
Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
05/05/21 • 58 min
Parker J. Palmer is a writer, speaker, activist, and founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal. His wisdom has reached millions worldwide through his ten books, including the best-selling Healing the Heart of Democracy, Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, and A Hidden Wholeness. His latest bestseller is On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity and Getting Old (2018). Parker holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, and 13 honorary doctorates. The Leadership Project, a national survey of 10,000 educators, named him one of the 30 “most influential senior leaders” in higher education and one of the 10 key “agenda-setters” of the past decade. In 2010, Palmer was given the William Rainey Harper Award whose previous recipients include Margaret Mead, Elie Wiesel, and Paolo Freire. For twenty years, the Accrediting Commission for Graduate Medical Education has given annual Parker J. Palmer “Courage to Teach” and “Courage to Lead” Awards to directors of exemplary medical residency programs. Living the Questions: Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer, was published in 2005. A member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), Dr. Palmer and his wife, Sharon L. Palmer, live in Madison, Wisconsin.
This episode is brought to you by The Institute for Multi-Sensory Education (IMSE). The Institute for Multi-Sensory Education has been helping teachers make that happen for 25 years by offering extensive training and virtual teaching resources. Learn how to apply IMSE’s IDA-Accredited Orton-Gillingham approach based on the science of reading by signing up for their virtual trainings this spring and summer. Visit IMSE.com to learn more and register for their courses.
Further Reading and Exploration
- Books by Parker J. Palmer
- To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey by Parker Palmer
- Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer
- The Active Life: A Spirituality of Work, Creativity, and Caring by Parker Palmer
- A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life by Parker Palmer
- The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life by Parker Palmer
- The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life by Parker Palmer
- The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal by Parker Palmer
- Healing the Heart of Democracy by Parker Palmer
- The Courage to Teach Guide to Reflection and Renewal by Parker Palmer
- On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old by Parker Palmer
- Parker’s Facebook Page
- The Growing Edge Podcast with Parker Palmer and Carrie Newcomer
- Howard Thurman
- Anchored in the Current: Discovering Howard Thurman as Educator, Activist, Guide, and Prophet by Gregory C. Ellison II
- Breathe for Change
Interview w/ Maryanne Wolf
Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
06/01/21 • 98 min
Dr. Maryanne Wolf is a scholar, a teacher, and an advocate for children and literacy around the world. She is the Director of the newly created Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Previously she was the John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service and Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University. She is the author of Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain (2007), Dyslexia, Fluency, and the Brain (2001), Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century (2016), and Reader Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World (2018).
Dr. Wolf’s many awards include the highest honors from International Dyslexia Association and The Dyslexia Foundation; Distinguished Researcher of the Year for Learning Disabilities in Australia; Distinguished Teacher of the Year from the American Psychological Association; and the Christopher Columbus Award for Intellectual Innovation for co-founding Curious Learning: A Global Literacy Initiative, with deployments in Africa, India, Australia, and rural United States. She is also the recipient of The Reading League’s Benita Blachman award in honor of her extraordinary contributions to literacy. Finally, Maryanne has been elected to the Vatican Academy of Science.
Today’s sponsor is Reading Horizons. Reading Horizons programs deliver proven supplemental core literacy instruction, based on the science of reading. The Reading Horizons podcast, named Podclassed, takes a deep dive into learning-focused topics such as structured literacy, social-emotional learning, dyslexia, and ed-tech with host, Laura Axtell—an educator and trainer with over 26 years of experience in instructional and administrative settings. Visit readinghorizons.com/podcast to learn more.
Further Reading and Exploration
- Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
- Dyslexia, Fluency, and the Brain by Maryanne Wolf
- Tales of Literacy for the 21st Century by Maryanne Wolf
- Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in the Digital World by Maryanne Wolf
- The Coming Literacy Crisis: There’s No Going Back to School as We Know It by Comer Yates, Renee Boynton-Jarrett, and Maryanne Wolf
Maryanne’s Picks
- Between Heaven and Mirth: Why Joy, Humor, and Laughter Are at the Heart of the Spiritual Life By James Martin
- The writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- The writings of Father John S. Dunne
- Middlemarch by George Eliot
- Noam Chomsky and Carol Chomsky
- Jeanne Chall
- How We Read Now by Naomi S. Baron
- Crash Landing on You (Television series; Netflix)
- Find Yourself (Television series; Netflix)
Interview w/ Parker Palmer (Part 1)
Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
05/04/21 • 55 min
Parker J. Palmer is a writer, speaker, activist, and founder and Senior Partner Emeritus of the Center for Courage & Renewal. His wisdom has reached millions worldwide through his ten books, including the best-selling Healing the Heart of Democracy, Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, and A Hidden Wholeness. His latest bestseller is On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity and Getting Old (2018). Parker holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, and 13 honorary doctorates. The Leadership Project, a national survey of 10,000 educators, named him one of the 30 “most influential senior leaders” in higher education and one of the 10 key “agenda-setters” of the past decade. In 2010, Palmer was given the William Rainey Harper Award whose previous recipients include Margaret Mead, Elie Wiesel, and Paolo Freire. For twenty years, the Accrediting Commission for Graduate Medical Education has given annual Parker J. Palmer “Courage to Teach” and “Courage to Lead” Awards to directors of exemplary medical residency programs. Living the Questions: Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer, was published in 2005. A member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), Dr. Palmer and his wife, Sharon L. Palmer, live in Madison, Wisconsin.
This episode is brought to you by The Institute for Multi-Sensory Education (IMSE). The Institute for Multi-Sensory Education has been helping teachers make that happen for 25 years by offering extensive training and virtual teaching resources. Learn how to apply IMSE’s IDA-Accredited Orton-Gillingham approach based on the science of reading by signing up for their virtual trainings this spring and summer. Visit IMSE.com to learn more and register for their courses.
Further Reading and Exploration
- Books by Parker J. Palmer
- To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey by Parker Palmer
- Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker Palmer
- The Active Life: A Spirituality of Work, Creativity, and Caring by Parker Palmer
- A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life by Parker Palmer
- The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life by Parker Palmer
- The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life by Parker Palmer
- The Heart of Higher Education: A Call to Renewal by Parker Palmer
- Healing the Heart of Democracy by Parker Palmer
- The Courage to Teach Guide to Reflection and Renewal by Parker Palmer
- On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old by Parker Palmer
- Parker’s Facebook Page
- The Growing Edge Podcast with Parker Palmer and Carrie Newcomer
- Howard Thurman
- Anchored in the Current: Discovering Howard Thurman as Educator, Activist, Guide, and Prophet by Gregory C. Ellison II
- Breathe for Change
Interview w/ Pam Kastner
Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
08/03/21 • 54 min
Pam Kastner, Ed.D., is an educational consultant at the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) in Harrisburg, where she serves as the State Lead Consultant for Literacy. Pam currently co-leads Pennsylvania’s Dyslexia Screening and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program extension and expansion for PaTTAN. In addition, she is part of a research team investigating the impact of explicit instruction in advanced phonemic awareness on student literacy outcomes. She serves on the statewide Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) team working extensively in the area of literacy, effective instruction, formative assessment, and professional learning communities. She has served in a number of leadership capacities at the district level and served as a Pennsylvania Distinguished Educator for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Pam is a certified Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS) trainer and a certified reading specialist. Pam also has the honor of serving as the President of The Reading League Pennsylvania.
Today’s sponsor is Reading Horizons. Reading Horizons programs deliver proven supplemental core literacy instruction, based on the science of reading. The Reading Horizons podcast, named Podclassed, takes a deep dive into learning-focused topics such as structured literacy, social-emotional learning, dyslexia, and ed-tech with host, Laura Axtell—an educator and trainer with over 26 years of experience in instructional and administrative settings. Visit readinghorizons.com/podcast to learn more.
Further Learning/Resources from Dr. Kastner
- Pam Kastner’s Comprehensive Literacy Collection
- Emily Hanford’s APM Reports
- The Reading League Pennsylvania
Pam’s Picks
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
- Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann
Interview w/ Tim Shanahan
Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
01/05/21 • 64 min
Timothy Shanahan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he was Founding Director of the UIC Center for Literacy. Previously, he was director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools. He is author/editor of more than 200 publications on literacy education. His research emphasizes the connections between reading and writing, literacy in the disciplines, and improvement of reading achievement.
Tim is past president of the International Literacy Association. He served as a member of the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Literacy under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and he helped lead the National Reading Panel, convened at the request of Congress to evaluate research on the teaching reading, a major influence on reading education. He chaired two other federal research review panels: The National Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth, and the National Early Literacy Panel, and helped write the Common Core State Standards. He was inducted to the Reading Hall of Fame in 2007, and is a former first-grade teacher.
In this conversation, Tim talks about his early influences as a teacher, his work in Chicago Public Schools and in the development of the University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Literacy, the groundbreaking impact of the National Reading Panel, and what he sees as work left to do in our profession.
This podcast is brought to you by Great Minds. We encourage you to take a moment and view their website at https://gm.greatminds.org/trl2021podcast
Further Reading and Exploration
- Shanahan on Literacy (includes a full listing of relevant resources and publications, Tim’s blog, and presentations)
- National Reading Panel Report (full text)
- National Reading Panel Report: Practical Advice for Teachers
- National Early Literacy Panel Report
- National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth (executive summary)
- What Constitutes a Science of Reading Instruction? (Reading Research Quarterly; September, 2020)
- The Science of Reading: Making Sense of Research (Reading Teacher; September/October, 2020)
Tim’s Picks
- Biographies of Abraham Lincoln
- The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman
Interview w/ Maria Murray & Jorene Cook
Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The Reading League Podcast
02/02/21 • 64 min
Prior to founding The Reading League, Dr. Maria Murray was an associate professor at the State University of New York at Oswego, where she taught courses related to literacy assessment and intervention. She received her Ph.D. in Reading Education from Syracuse University, where she served as project coordinator for Dr. Benita Blachman’s numerous federally-funded early reading intervention grants. Maria is passionate regarding the prevention and remediation of reading difficulty, and consistently strives to increase educator knowledge and the connections between research and practice. On a personal note, Maria is happily married to Danny and has two children, Katie and Mark, and is also mom to her dogs Lady and Tikani.
Dr. Jorene Cook is an Early Literacy Coach in the Syracuse City School District and part-time Instructor at Utica College. She has worked in the public school system for 23 years, her earlier years working as an elementary school teacher. She is also a national LETRS trainer. Her doctoral research investigated how schools and school systems in Central New York support students with dyslexia and their families. Her interest in advocacy, systems thinking, and policy work led her to become a Partner in Policymaking in 2015. Jorene is the president of the Board of The Reading League. On a personal note, Dr. Cook is happily married to her best friend. They have two teens-Evan (16) and Brody (14).
This podcast is brought to you by Great Minds. We encourage you to take a moment and view their website at https://gm.greatminds.org/trl2021podcast
Further Reading and Exploration
Maria’s and Jorene’s Picks
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
- Letter to My Son by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Make it Stick; The Science of Successful Learning by Henry Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel, and Peter C. Brown
- The Plant Paradox by Steven R. Gundry
- Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta L. Hammond
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