Trusting Readers

05/22/2026

The read aloud is one of the most joyful parts of the school day. AI cannot replace the teacher/student conversations and meaning making.

Are AI tools encroaching on the acts of care that define parenting and teaching?

05/07/2026

Wonderful night at

04/17/2026

Pre K teachers have a lot to teach: a love of books and a love of hygiene.

04/16/2026

We recently had the opportunity to join Reading Inspires, a podcast by Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), to talk about why prioritizing reading time in schools is so important. We discussed the role of student of reading identity and why literacy is so foundational to opportunity and lifelong learning.
Listen to the episode and subscribe on Apple Podcasts at
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reading-inspires-by-reading-is-fundamental/id1867031186
or on your favorite podcast platform.

Stenhouse Publishers
Heinemann Publishing
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)

Education Podcast · Updated Weekly · Reading Inspires is Reading Is Fundamental’s new podcast celebrating the power of books and the joy of reading. Each episode invites educators, librarians, families, authors, illustrators, and all who…

04/14/2026

This dicusses the dangers of "over-teaching."

"For the highest-achieving students who may be reading novels at home, sitting through lessons on skills they’ve mastered takes up time that could be spent reading, writing, and learning deeply about science, history, and other subjects—and it can lead to disengagement. For struggling readers, including students with dyslexia, over-teaching reduces time for much-needed reading practice. These kids, for whom the self-teaching mechanism doesn’t kick in easily, require more examples and repetition for the most critical skills. Adding extra elements to instruction strains working memory for these students, making it harder to master basic skills."

In teaching reading, don’t miss the forest for the trees