The Literacy View
Faith Borkowsky and Judy Boksner
The Literacy View podcast is dedicated to providing educators and parents with Breaking News and cutting-edge research in literacy instruction. Nicknamed by one of their listeners as the “Spice Girls of Literacy,” Faith and Judy, two veteran educators who still work in the trenches, bring their expertise, senses of humor, and passion for literacy instruction to the show, making it an engaging and informative experience for listeners. Never shying away from controversial topics and guests, and frequently disagreeing with each other, the hosts break down complex research into easy-to-understand takeaways and provide actionable solutions that teachers and parents can use in their classrooms and at home. And, they are never afraid to good-naturedly call BS or cheer on their guests or each other when a point or item of discussion excites them. In fact, they have “BS” and “cheer” buttons at the ready for that very purpose! With their engaging format and wealth of knowledge, Faith and Judy are sure to help you take your teaching to the next level! It is no wonder that so many of their guests and listeners consider the Literacy View their favorite, can’t-miss podcast in the literacy space. Have fun and learn at the same time!
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Ep.94-Badass Moms and Their Teens: Adolescent Literacy Kickoff!
The Literacy View
10/04/24 • 86 min
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The One About...
Badass Moms and Their Teens: Adolescent Literacy Kickoff!
Real Moms
Real Teens
Real Issues
Straight Talk
No BS!
Our special guests turned lemons into lemonade!
Article:
Not-So-Great Expectations:
Students are Reading Fewer Books in English Class
Apnews.com
https://apnews.com/article/books-reading-high-school-english-class-c8d9f39773268a6e8c79cb0b3c78d3c1
Stacey Klein and Max
Stacey Klein is a fierce parent advocate who took on Minnesota’s most affluent school district to fight for her son’s right to learn to read. Her son completed 3rd-grade with a Kindergarten reading level. Without her advocacy and intervention, he was on a trajectory to finish 12th-grade reading at a 4th-grade level. Stacey's family navigated years of delays, denials, a due process hearing, and federal lawsuits in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, ultimately costing them $300,000 in educational and legal fees. Despite the district’s appeals, her son received all of his court-ordered services, worked hard, is now reading at grade level, and is on track to graduate with his peers. Today, Stacey relentlessly advocates for students with learning disabilities like dyslexia, committed to ensuring no family has tofight the same battle her family did to guarantee their child learns to read in school.
Sheri Vail and Keera
Sheri’s Facebook page, Sheri Vail Coaching
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Dinorah DellaCamera and Chris
Dr.Dinorah DellaCamera is veterinarian who is passionate about reading and life long learning. On Facebook, she is the infamous “Carrie Dee” and is the admin for a handful of dyslexia groups. Dinorah is a member of the NYS Dyslexia Task
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02/24/25 • 71 min
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05/23/23 • 92 min
Dr. Maureen Ruby has done it ALL! If your district is transitioning to evidence-based programs and practices, you need to listen! Maureen began her career as a dentist, but switched to teaching to help advocate for her son and other students like him struggling in school.
Read Dr. Ruby’s bio here:
Maureen F. Ruby, DMD, PhD, holds the Isabelle Farrington Endowed Chair in Social, Emotional, and Academic Leadership in the Farrington College of Education and Human Development at Sacred Heart University. An associate professor, Ruby is a dentist-turned-educator who represented the North Branford Public Schools as the 2000 Teacher of the Year and was a Connecticut State Teacher of the Year semifinalist. Maureen has worked at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels as a classroom teacher and reading consultant. She holds Connecticut certifications in elementary education, special education, remedial reading, literacy consultancy, and leadership. Upon receiving her PhD from the University of Connecticut in special education with a focus on literacy, Maureen served as program coordinator of the Graduate Reading Program at Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) Department of Education for the 102 and 097 reading certifications new window) is a 30-minute video that shares some of the important lessons learned during the CEPL project. Upon her return to K–12 education, Maureen served in the New London Public Schools as supervisor of Professional Learning and Staff Development and in the Norwalk Public Schools as literacy supervisor and interim Director of Pupil Services and Special Education, and for seven years as assistant superintendent of the Brookfield Public Schools, Maureen’s leadership responsibilities as assistant superintendent included curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional learning, human resources, and grant management. Her leadership has been recognized by both Sacred Heart University, where she was the Farrington College of Education Alumni Outstanding Administrator for 2018, and the University of Connecticut, where she was the Neag School of Education Outstanding Administrator for 2019 (opens in a new window). In addition to her current role at Sacred Heart University in Educational and Literacy Leadership, Maureen also serves as an adjunct at Fairfield University in the graduate program in reading. Her work has focused on reading, special education, English learners, assessment, curriculum, and social emotional learning. In addition to her doctorates in dental medicine and special education, she holds master's degrees in education (SCSU) and Materials Science (School of Engineering at UConn), and a bachelor's degree in biological sciences (UConn).
We will be discussing the article, “New York Is Forcing Schools to Change How They Teach
Children to Read.”
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10/03/23 • 65 min
The One About...
Multicomponent Literacy Instruction with Bruce Howlett
Article:
Our Choice: Rapidly Translate, Evaluate and Adopt Innovative Literacy Methods or Prolong the Reading Wars
Bruce Howlett with Caitlin S. Howlett, Ph.D.
September 6, 2023
(Opinions presented are those of the guest authors and not necessarily those of SPELL-Links |
Learning By Design. They are presented to generate new insights, critical thinking, and solutions for educators and learners.)
Excerpt:
“As we will see, scholars have questioned the major points of contention — explicit teaching versus implicit learning, and word recognition versus meaning – and found them to be false dichotomies; what the two camps see as opposing concepts are so interdependent as to be inseparable. From this fresh perspective these thought leaders have crafted a new path forward for developmental literacy instruction.
This refreshing perspective has been hiding in plain sight, with its transformative concepts and methods wholly absorbed into the preexisting beliefs and values of both camps. So too, has a solution to the other pressing literacy improvement issue, the lack of a process to rapidly translate and evaluate innovative research into activities that any teacher could successfully use with any student.
We have a choice – continue to debate illusionary conflicts, keep talking past each other and attempting to convert the opposition to our side, while pushing for more time-consuming training — or we can move forward, embracing concepts and methods that clearly supersede – but do not negate – our present beliefs, values and practices.” – Bruce and Caitlin Howlett, co-
authors of Sparking the Reading Shift
Link to the Article
https://learningbydesign.com/professional-development/spell-links-blogue/
Bio:
Bruce Howlett applies his long experience in biological research at Cornell University
when developing innovative instruction for his special education students. For over 30
years, Bruce has worked with literacy researchers, speech therapists, and reading
teachers to create innovative instruction for long-struggling readers.
Sparking the Reading Shift is his fifth project.
Bruce believes in the power of innovative methods as his own difficulties with reading
fluency, spelling and listening dissipated when, at the age of 40, he began working with a speech therapist on phonemic awareness lessons for their mutual students.
Bruce is currently working on Sparking the Fluency Shift which combines 15 rehearsal
activities that allow the student to practice challenging words and phrases before reading short stories that are arranged by Lexile Level.
Contact:
Facebook - www.facebook.com/bruce.howlett1
Twitter – Sparking the Reading Shift
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05/10/23 • 84 min
Dyslexia mom and former Balanced Literacy teacher, Missy Purcell, saw the Science of Reading light and now advocates for evidence-based literacy so that every child can learn to read.We asked Missy to speak with us and share thoughts about an infographic posted on the Reading Recovery website describing how Reading Recovery aligns to the Science of Reading (SoR) and Scarsborough’s Reading Rope. Missy’s youngest son, now eleven-years-old, was given the RR intervention in first grade, so she has a lot to say as a parent advocating for Structured Literacy.
Judy Boksner, a co-host on The Literacy View, has been in the education field for over 25 years. She is still very active in her field and in the trenches on a daily basis. Judy was trained in Reading Recovery back in 2013. She recognizes the inherent problems but also values certain aspects of her former training. She has devoted the last seven years diving deep into structured literacy and explicit instruction. Judy is trained in Orton Gillingham, Fundations, and additional structured literacy programs and interventions.
Faith Borkowsky taught first grade and has tutored Reading Recovery “graduates” who still needed intensive intervention.
The focus of tonight's episode is based on the infographic: https://readingrecovery.org/scarboroughs-rope-and-reading-recovery/
About Missy Purcell:
Missy Purcell is the co-founder of Gwinnett Advocates for Dyslexia, a grassroots organization that advocates for evidenced based instruction in Gwinnett County. Additionally, she serves as the Education Chair with Decoding Dyslexia Georgia, DDGA, which advocates for change at the state level. Missy holds a degree in middle school education with 10+ years of experience in the classroom, grades 3rd-8th. She had stayed current in education practices by tutoring K-5 students in reading and writing using evidenced based instruction. Missy is married to Mark,
the mother of three boys, Harrison, William, and Matthew and one furbaby, named Comet. When she’s not working or advocating, she can be found with coffee in hand at the tennis courts or the baseball fields cheering on her boys!
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Ep.62-Speech to Print Flaws with Lyn Stone
The Literacy View
02/27/24 • 73 min
The One About-Speech to Print Flaws with Lyn Stone
Quotes:
“I’m not saying you’re in a cult, but if you call yourself a ‘Brand Name’ practitioner/school/trainer, there’s a bit of a problem. And that problem occurs when your method is touted as the method to end all methods. That problem occurs when the only tool in your toolbox is fairly blunt, and when you’re expressly forbidden to use ‘outside’ tools even though you know you should.”
“They identify so closely with the brand, that they become blind to its flaws and instead turn in on themselves when the flaws become apparent.”
Blogs:
Culty as Charged: Why the Speech to Print Movement Needs Brakes
https://lifelongliteracy.com/culty-as...
Culty as Charged Part 2: Some solutions
https://lifelongliteracy.com/culty-as...
Parts 3 to 6 can be found in follow-up blogs
https://lifelongliteracy.com/blog/
Lyn Stone Bio:
Lyn is an educational linguist, author, and CEO of Lifelong Literacy: an education coaching and
training organization. Her goal is to help educators awaken linguistic curiosity in their students using
creative, engaging tools and strategies that are based upon scientific consensus as to what
constitutes best practice. Lyn creates research-informed professional development seminars, both
online and face to face, for teachers and other education professionals. She directs a team of
specialist practitioners to deliver high quality literacy intervention at Tiers 2 and 3, and a team of
school coaches to deliver the best possible Tier 1 literacy instruction.
Episode with Dr. Jan Wasowicz on the Speech to Print approach and the research
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Ep.81-College Students Aren’t Reading with Donna Hejtmanek
The Literacy View
06/21/24 • 66 min
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Ep.81-The One About...
College Students Aren’t Reading with Donna Hejtmanek
Article: “The College Kids Are Not All Right”
Reports from professors point to an alarming decline in cognitive capabilities, even at selective institutions by Natalie Wexler
June 2, 2024
https://nataliewexler.substack.com/p/the-college-kids-are-not-all-right
Quote:
“Students are intimidated by anything over 10 pages and seem to walk away from readings of as little as 20 pages with no real understanding.”
“We are in new territory when even highly motivated honors students struggle to grasp the basic argument of a 20-page article.”
Why is this happening? What are the reasons for the decline?
Donna Hejtmanek bio:
Donna Hejtmanek (hite-man-ik) retired after 41 years of teaching special education and serving as a reading specialist-interventionist. She served as president of the Literacy Task Force of Northern Wisconsin, was appointed by Gov. Scott Walker in 2014 to Wisconsin’s Read to Lead Literacy Council, served as the legislative chair of the International Dyslexia Association and served on The Legislative Co
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01/30/24 • 61 min
The One About...
What Should PA Instruction Look Like?
Tiffany Peltier, and Marianne Rice PhD
Quote:
“The case for using letters in PA instruction is stacking up higher & higher... New research out today: An upside-down U curve found for oral PA instruction (diminishing returns after less than
10hrs) but the OPPOSITE—increasingly MORE returns after 16 hrs—for PA w/LETTERS ��”
Tiffany Peltier, PhD
Tiffany Peltier bio:
Tiffany Peltier is a Research Scientist in the Collaborative for Student Growth at NWEA. She
earned her PhD in Learning Science at the University of Oklahoma and her Masters in Reading and Bachelors in Early Childhood Education from Texas A&M University.
Marianne Rice: Academic Researcher, Educator, and Reading Specialist at the Department of Educational
Psychology, Texas A&M University
Email: [email protected]
Article:
A Meta-Analysis on the Optimal Cumulative Dosage of Early Phonemic Awareness Instruction
Florina Erbeli, Marianne Rice, Ying Xu, Megan E. Bishop & J. Marc Goodrich
Published online: 25 Jan 2024
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10888438.2024.2309386
RIP to Advanced Phonemic Awareness by Tim Shanahan (Reading Rockets)
https://www.readingrockets.org/blogs/shanahan-on-literacy/rip-advanced-phonemic-
awareness
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Ep.60-Strengthening Implementation of SoR with Dr. Maureen Ruby
The Literacy View
02/13/24 • 91 min
The One About...
Strengthening Implementation of SoR with Dr. Maureen Ruby
“Only when state leaders implement a literacy strategy that prioritizes teacher effectiveness
will states achieve a teacher workforce that can strengthen student literacy year after year. This
report outlines five policy actions states can take to ensure a well-prepared teacher workforce
that can implement and sustain the science of reading in classrooms across the country.”
NCTQ:
“Five Policy Actions to Strengthen Implementation of the Science of Reading” January 2024
Article:
https://www.nctq.org/publications/State-of-the-States-2024-Five-Policy-Actions-to-Strengthen-
Implementation-of-the-Science-of-Reading
Summary:
https://www.nctq.org/dmsView/Executive_Summary_SOTS_2024_Reading
Dr. Maureen Ruby’s Bio:
https://www.sacredheart.edu/phonebook/maureen-ruby.php
Book Recommendations:
https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Modern-Learning-Vision-Driven-
Empowering/dp/1947604449/ref=pd_sbs_d_sccl_2_1/139-2428568-
7036264?pd_rd_w=QwnKu&content-id=amzn1.sym.89676150-e513-422e-84a9-
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6201-4eb6-b313-90f3dc826415&pd_rd_i=1947604449&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/Upgrade-Your-Teaching-Understanding-
Neuroscience/dp/1416627340/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22RXRIH648C1M&keywords=understanding+b
y+design+meets+neuroscience&qid=1707361945&s=books&sprefix=Understanding+by+design
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Ep.34: The One About Nutrition and Cognition-Self Care Series
The Literacy View
07/25/23 • 72 min
Introducing Nicholas Giliberti, a dynamic individual with an unwavering dedication to nutrition, fitness, sports training, and physical therapy. With a Bachelor's of Science in Nutrition from Hunter College and certification as a Fitness Nutrition Specialist and Personal Trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, Nicholas has touched the lives of thousands of patients and clients, empowering them to embrace healthier lifestyles. His passion for inclusivity and adaptability shines through his certifications in Adaptive Fitness for clients with special needs, demonstrating his belief in the mantra: "if you have a body, you are an athlete," inspired by the words of Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman. Nicholas's journey of excellence continues as a certified Olympic Trainer through the United States Olympic Committee. With his expertise, he has honed the skills to prepare elite athletes and fighters for the grandest stages of competition. However, Nicholas's pursuit of greatness doesn't stop there. He is on the verge of a momentous achievement, as he eagerly anticipates his upcoming graduation on September 12th, 2023, with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. This advanced degree amplifies his ability to treat, rehabilitate, and optimize physical performance. Outside the realm of academia and training, Nicholas finds solace and inspiration in the world of mixed martial arts. As a recreational martial artist, he not only hones his skills but also imparts his knowledge to numerous professional athletes and fighters, elevating their performance and well-being.
**Disclaimer: The content of this show is for informational or educational purposes only, and does not substitute professional medical advice or consultations with healthcare professionals.**
Instagram: @NicholasGiliberti
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How many episodes does The Literacy View have?
The Literacy View currently has 120 episodes available.
What topics does The Literacy View cover?
The podcast is about Literacy, Language Learning, Courses, Podcasts and Education.
What is the most popular episode on The Literacy View?
The episode title 'Ep.38: The One About… Margie Gillis on Storytelling and Oral Language' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Literacy View?
The average episode length on The Literacy View is 65 minutes.
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Episodes of The Literacy View are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.
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The first episode of The Literacy View was released on Mar 12, 2022.
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