In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Tiffany Peltier. Dr. Peltier shares how we can utilize screeners to identify students at risk for both reading and language, how we can continue to utilize evidence-based instruction to support students ...

In this episode, Melissa and Lori from Melissa and Lori Love Literacy podcast, guest host and interview Elana Gordon and Sepideh Noekhah, 2 Cicero educators.Elana & Sepideh will share why they sought out EBLI training, ...

In this episode, Nora Chahbazi explains the 4 principles of speech to print (S2P) or Structured Linguistic Literacy, as well as how EBLI embeds many principles of learning science. Nora is the founder of EBLI (Evidenced-Based Literacy Instru...

In this episode, Louise Decavitz shares her personal story as well as her work as a policy contributor and advocate in the state of IL. Louise is a board member for TRL-Illinois, a co-lead of the parent family advocacy team at the  Evid...

Dr. Julie Brown. Dr. Brown created a structured literacy program at a high school in Vermont and has since shared her success in teaching adolescents through conferences, webinars, and consulting.  Dr. Brown is currently involved in PAL...

In this episode, Laura Stam, a 2nd grade teacher from Wyoming will share practical strategies she uses to implement cognitive science principles such as retrieval practice, interleaving, and many more! She shares practical ways to incorporat...

In this episode, Justin Skycak, Chief Quant, Director of Analytics at MathAcademy.com will walk us through some principles of cognitive science and how they can help us think about plannin...

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Nidhi Sachdeva for a part 2 in which we discuss how Rosenshine’s Principles can influence our instructional planning and decisions.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Nidhi Sachdeva. Dr. Sachdeva will share her expertise around how learning happens, specifically focusing on cognitive load theory, a glimpse into Rosenshine’s principles, and much much more about cogniti...

In this episode, Canadian educator Kim Lockhart will share some of the ways that she has made change in her own practice, but has also helped others to shift, learn, and grow their own knowledge. The road is not always easy, but it’s worth p...

In this episode, we are joined by Angie Hanlin. Join us for some inspiration as Angie shares how she made change in her classroom, at a school and district level, and as a superintendent. Change is not easy, but it’s possible!

In this episode, we are joined by 5th grade teacher Sean Morrisey. Sean will share how he increases vocabulary use in his classroom and what he notices about the impact of vocabulary instruction on student comprehension.

In this episode, Dr. Devin Kearns shares his knowledge around syllabication and morphology and how learning to be flexible is key in learning how to read words. 

In this episode, we hear from 2 of our very own Cicero teachers, Eilene Grandau and Perri Brinkmeier from Columbus West.  They will be sharing how they began implementing the sentence level strategies that the literacy department has gi...

In this episode, Dr. Leslie Laud explains the importance of writing instruction. She shares what ThinkSRSD is and how it can be implemented in a school setting. Dr. Laud also shares how positive self-talk enhances students’ abilities with th...

In this episode, we are acknowledging the advocacy efforts and struggles of those that have raised their voices to help teach all of us about dyslexia.  Jenine Hanson is a Naperville, IL native and has helped her own daughter navigate s...

In this episode, Dr. Sonia Cabell shares what a Strive for 5 conversation framework sounds like, how to scaffold these types of conversations for our students, and how oral language impacts every strand of Scarborough’s Reading Rope and every c...

In this episode, Dr. Rachel Knecht joins us to share the impact syntactic instruction can have on comprehension. She will describe some practical strategies that can be used in the classroom as well as share an intervention she used with studen...

In this episode, Nancy Eberhardt shares why syntax is important and how it impacts comprehension in reading and helps us develop our writing.  Nancy shares some practical work we can all do in our classrooms to move the needle for our s...

In this episode, Christine and Keegan, two high school students from New Trier, share their journeys with dyslexia. They share their struggles and their successes and how they've learned to advocate for themselves. Christine and Keegan have ...

In this episode, we hear from award winning journalist, Emily Hanford. She shares her long standing investigative career in education with us, what drove her to shed light on the education crisis happening in our nation, her hopes for how sc...

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Stephanie Stollar. Dr. Stollar will share different types of literacy assessments, how they can be used to dig deeper into our data, how we can use our data to shift our systems that support students, some p...