In this podcast, Jessica Hammon, founder of Glean Education, interviews Dr. Erin Washburn, an associate professor at Binghamton University’s department of teaching, learning, and educational leadership. They discuss why so many teachers struggle to teach their students how to read effectively and what they need to know about language in order to improve.

In this podcast, Dr. Betsy Baker interviews Dr. Susan Neuman, professor of Educational Studies at the University of Michigan about her research on the most effective way to help preschoolers develop their literacy skills through categories.

In this article, researchers Dr. Cathy Collins Block and Dr. Gerald G. Duffy provide an overview of past research on what has been learned about teaching comprehension. They describe examples of comprehension strategies, what direct teaching looks like in this capacity, and how teachers can improve their ability to teach comprehension.

Dr. Deborah K. Reed, Director at the Iowa Reading Research Center, describes the many alphabet skills that contribute to children’s literacy development, specifically their ability to decode.

Dr. David Kilpatrick and the Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education (CORE) host this 1-hour webinar to encourage teachers and show them how to help struggling readers remember the words they read and sound out unfamiliar words.

In this article, Karen D’Souza, a journalist covering early education for EdSource, describes two successful virtual reading programs that found results during the pandemic. She also emphasizes what lessons can be learned from these programs and some of the benefits of teaching reading online.