Sarah McKibben (thumbnail)

Sarah McKibben

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The Heart of Reading Instruction

Curriculum Design & Lesson Planning

Benjamin Riley

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Drawing on Reading Science Without Starting a War

Advocacy, Policy & Funding

Jared Myracle

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A District Leader's Education in Early Reading

Teaching Strategies

Jéri Ogden - ASCD Staff

Jéri L. Ogden

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How I Learned to Teach Reading

Christy Wessel-Powell

Beth A. Buchholz

Julie Rust

Nicholas E. Husbye

Sarah Vander Zanden

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The Promise of Slow Reading

Sonja Cherry-Paul Author Photo

Sonja Cherry-Paul

Colleen Cruz

Mary Ehrenworth

Cropped shot of elementary school kids reading with their teacher on the floor in the library

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Making Reading Workshop Work

Mike Schmoker

PHG7N3 Book. Image shot 02/2018. Exact date unknown.

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Radical Reset: The Case for Minimalist Literacy Standards

Kyle Redford

Young female Hispanic schoolteacher reading aloud to elementary aged students sitting around her on the floor.

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For Reading Comprehension, Knowledge Is Power

Kimberly N. Parker

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Freedom for Literacy

Opportunity Gaps

Timothy Shanahan

A group of diverse kids smile in this portrait. They are stacked on top of each other while cuddling in close and showing how happy they are.

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Planning Effective Reading Instruction When You're Up to Your Neck in 6-Year-Olds

Rachael Gabriel

FB2YPA Man eating apple from the tree of knowledge growing out of book. Image shot 2015. Exact date unknown.

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Leadership for Literacy

Instructional Leadership & Coaching

Callie Ryan Brimberry

Side view of mixte ethnicity school kids sitting on cushions and studying over books in a library at school against bookshelfs in background

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Conversations in the Margins

Penny Kittle

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Let Them Read, Please

School Culture & Improvement

Bryan Goodwin

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Research Matters / Cracking the Reading Code

Douglas Fisher

Nancy Frey

Show & Tell: A Video Column / Using Language to Learn thumbnail

Show & Tell: A Video Column / Using Language to Learn

Jill Harrison Berg

A serious mid adult woman talks with her hands as she speaks to a classmate during a library study group.

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Leading Together / Working Together, Reading Together

Professional Development & Well-Being

Matthew Kay thumbnail

Matthew R. Kay

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Confronting Inequity / Fighting the Jeffersonian Dismissal

Carol Ann Tomlinson

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One to Grow On / Invitations to Read

Sean Slade

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Whole Child Spotlight: On Reading

EL Logo

Educational Leadership Staff

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Readers React

Large group of cheerful school children having fun while jumping among desks in the classroom.

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ASCD Community in Action

Tara Laskowski (photo)

Tara Laskowski

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Turn & Talk / LeVar Burton on Literacy as the Key to Freedom

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Anthony Rebora

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Research Alert / Phonetically Sound Teaching

Naomi Thiers

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Relevant Read / A Neuroscientist on What Children Need So They Can Read thumbnail

Relevant Read / A Neuroscientist on What Children Need So They Can Read

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Numbers of Note / Where Have All the Readers Gone?

Student Engagement

Seen on the Screen / Books Are Meant to Be Savored

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The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading Comprehension

Chad C. Everett

Donalyn Miller

A multi-ethnic group of six boys and girls sitting on the floor of a library, reading with a therapy dog, a goldendoodle. The dog handler is a mature woman in her 50s who is smiling holding a book and reading aloud. The girl 3rd from the left has down syndrome.

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Engaging Middle School Readers with Access and Choice

Carol Jago

For the Love of Books

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Developing strong, enthusiastic readers is one of the central objectives of schools, and yet reading instruction is often beset by complex structural challenges, shifting resources, and competing priorities. This issue will look at effective practices for teaching reading and supporting student engagement in reading at all grade levels. Topics to be addressed include struggling readers, reading research, technology, and close reading. 

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