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The Continuing Educator
What’s next for the science of reading? John Luke Bell, Tiffany Peltier, and Lisa LeBoeuf on how we keep the momentum going
April 20, 2023
Description
The science of reading is both a body of research and movement in literacy education. How do we keep those two things connected when they’re not always aligned? What are most common myths about literacy instruction, how do we fight them? A roundtable of educators and specialists from NWEA join Jacob & Kailey to talk about how the science of reading works best in classrooms and where both the movement and the research are going.
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