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State of the Union: Teacher Preparation Programs in the U.S.

• Ellis, C., Holston, S., Drake, G., Putman, H., Swisher, A., & Peske, H. (2023). Teacher prep review: Strengthening elementary reading instruction. Washington, DC: National Council on Teacher Quality. https://www.nctq.org/dmsView/Teacher_Prep_Review_Strengthening_Elementary_Reading_Instruction 
• Schwartz, S. (2023, July). Which States Have Passed ‘Science of Reading’ Laws? What’s in Them? Education Week. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/which-states-have-passed-science-of-reading-laws-whats-in-them/2022/07  

A Deeper Look at the Development of the Reading Brain

• Gotlieb, R.G., Rhinehart, L., & Wolf, M. (2022). The “reading brain is taught, not born: Evidence from the evolving neuroscience of reading for teachers and society. The Reading League Journal, 3(3). 11-19. https://www.thereadingleague.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/The-Reading-Brain.pdf 
• Wolf, M. (2007). Proust and the squid: The story and science of the reading brain. HarperCollins.  

A Conversation with Dr. Fumiko Hoeft and Dr. John J. Russell

• Galaburda, A., Gaab, N., Hoeft, F., & McCardle, P. (Eds.)(2017). Dyslexia and Neuroscience: The Geschwind-Galaburda Hypothesis 30 Years Later. Brookes Publishing. 

Cutting Through the Clamor: Key Considerations in the Science of Reading 

• Semingson, P., & Kerns, W. (2021). Where Is the Evidence? Looking Back to Jeanne Chall and Enduring Debates About the Science of Reading. Reading Research Quarterly, 56. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.405  
• Terry, N. P. (2021). Delivering on the promise of the science of reading for all children. The Reading Teacher, 75(1), 83-90.  

The Last Gasps in the Reading Wars

• Castles, A. et al. (2018). Ending the Reading Wars: Reading Acquisition from Novice to Expert. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, Volume 19, Issue 1.     
• Goldstein, D. (May 22, 2022). In the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/us/reading-teaching-curriculum-phonics.html   
• Lonas, L. (May 12, 2023), New York City schools just embraced the science of reading What is it? The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4000238-new-york-city-schools-just-embraced-the-science-of-reading-what-is-it/   

Phonemic Awareness: Micro But Mighty Key to Early Literacy Success 

• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2019, June 10). National Reading Panel. https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/nrp  
• U.S. Department of Education. (2001, September). Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read (Teacher’s Guide). https://lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf/PRFbooklet.pdf  
• Kilpatrick, D.A. (2015). Essentials of assessing, preventing, and overcoming reading difficulties. Wiley.  

Identifying Intricacies of Comprehension

• Catts, H. Rethinking How to Promote Reading Comprehension. (2022). American Educator, Winter 2021-2022. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1322088.pdf  

Implementing the Reading-Writing Connection—About Time? 

• Fitzgerald, J. & Teasley, A. B. (1986). Effects of instruction in narrative structure on children's writing. Journal of Educational Psychology, 78(6), 424–432. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0663.78.6.424   
• Graham, S. & Hebert, M. (2011). Writing to read: A meta-analysis of the impact of reading and writing instruction on reading. Harvard Educational Review, 81(4), 710–744.   
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel. Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction: Reports of the subgroups (NIH Publication No. 00-4754). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.   
• The Windward School. (2021). Cursive Handwriting Boosts Brain Memory.  www.thewindwardschool.org/handwriting  

Connecting the Dots Between Reading and Writing: Strategies for Instruction 

• Graham, S., & Perin, D. (2007). Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools – A report to Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.  
• Philippakos, Z. (2021). Think aloud modeling: Expert and coping models in writing instruction and literacy pedagogy. The Language and Literacy Spectrum, 31(1).  
• Philippakos, Z. & Graham, S. (Eds.) (2023). Writing and Reading Connections: Bridging Research and Practice. The Guilford Press.  
• Shanahan, T. (2015). Common Core Standards: A new role for writing. Elementary School Journal, 115(4), 464–479.  

Integrated Approaches to Reading Development: Implications for Education 

• Darling-Hammond, L., & Cook-Harvey, C. M. (2018). Educating the whole child: Improving school climate to support student success. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute. DOI: 10.54300/145.655.    
• Terry, N. P., Gerido, L. H., Norris, C. U., Johnson, L., & Little, C. (2022). Building a framework to understand and address vulnerability to reading difficulties among children in schools in the united states. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 183(184), 9-26. DOI: 10.1002/cad.20473

State of the Union: Teacher Preparation Programs in the U.S. 

• Dyslexia in Focus: Empowering Change Webinar  

A Deeper Look at the Development of the Reading Brain

• The Windward Institute. (2023, September 27). The Reading Brain Across Languages with Elsa Cárdenas Hagan, EdD [Video]. YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNUEbMSohac  

Cutting Through the Clamor: Key Considerations in the Science of Reading 

• The Windward Institute. (2023, October 10). The Scarborough Reading Rope: Let us explain [Video]. YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvaxSvfLqU8  
• The Windward Institute. (2023, July 19). What Is Structured Literacy? Science of Reading Instructional with Dr. Molly Ness [Video]. YouTube.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIB_lmk-eOk  

The Last Gasps in the Reading Wars 

• Translational Science (in Reading) with Emily Solari, PhD  

Phonemic Awareness: Micro But Mighty Key to Early Literacy Success 

• The Windward Institute. (2023, September 20). Unconscious Rules of Phonological Instruction [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HcsasOV2Bk  
• The Windward Institute. (2023, November 1). Why Teach Spelling? Let us explain [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwZD6N_XH5k  

Identifying Intricacies of Comprehension

• The Windward Institute. (2023, October 3). Building Background Knowledge and Vocabulary for English Learners [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DPtN09iaMY  

Implementing the Reading-Writing Connection—About Time? 

• The Windward Institute. (2023, May 30). The Reading-Writing Connection (The Windward Expository Writing Program) [Video]. YouTube.  The Reading-Writing Connection (The Windward Expository Writing Program)  

Connecting the Dots Between Reading and Writing: Strategies for Instruction 

• The Windward Institute. (2023, October 17). The Ladder of Reading and Writing. Let us explain [Video]. YouTube.  https://youtu.be/CSAAmpxgjq4?si=B3WbORQd_lyn07MP  

Integrated Approaches to Reading Development: Implications for Education 

• The Windward Institute. (2023, November 15). Psychological Components of Reading Disabilities: Novel Interventions to Address Anxiety and Executive Functioning, with Amy E. Margolis, PhD [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SoqZd8Co2c  
• The Windward Institute. (2023, May 9). Exploring Whole Child Approaches to the Identification and Support of Children with Dyslexia, with Yaacov Petscher, PhD [Video]. YouTube.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGsx-359vJE  

State of the Union: Teacher Preparation Programs in the U.S.

• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2022). Beyond the NAEP: Mississippi’s Literacy Growth with Kristen Wynn (No. 24) [Audio podcast]. In READ Podcast. The Windward Institute. https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/kristen-wynn  
• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2023). Kristen Wynn and Literacy Leadership in Mississippi (No. 40) [Audio podcast]. In LEAD on READ Podcast. The Windward Institute. https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/lead-on-read-wynn  
• Scorrano, D. (Host) (2023). Reaching More Readers, Training More Teachers with Katie Pace Miles, PhD (No. 46) [Audio podcast]. In LEAD on READ Podcast. The Windward Institute. https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/episode-46-katie-pace-miles-phd  

A Deeper Look at the Development of the Reading Brain 

• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2021). The Beauty and Science of The Reading Brain with Maryanne Wolf, PhD (No. 21) [Audio podcast episode]. In READ Podcast. The Windward Institute. https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/ep-21-beauty-and-science-of-the-reading-brain  

Cutting Through the Clamor: Key Considerations in the Science of Reading 

• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2021). Translating Reading Practices, Transforming Education Policies with Emily Solari, PhD (No. 20) [Audio podcast episode]. In READ Podcast. The Windward Institute.  https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/ep-20-emily-solari-phd  
• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2022). From Translation to Implementation with Nicole Patton Terry, PhD (No. 31) [Audio podcast episode]. In READ Podcast. The Windward Institute.  https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/nicole-patton-terry-phd  

The Last Gasps in the Reading Wars

• Hanford, E. (Host). (2022, October 20—November 10). Sold a story: How teaching kids to read went so wrong [Audio podcast]. American Public Media. https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/  

Phonemic Awareness: Micro But Mighty Key to Early Literacy Success 

• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2023). Early Literacy Learning and Teacher Knowledge with Shayne Piasta, PhD (No. 44) [Audio podcast episode]. In READ Podcast. The Windward Institute. https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/shayne-piasta-phd  

 Identifying Intricacies of Comprehension 

• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2022). Language and Reading Comprehension with Mindy Bridges, PhD, CCC-SLP (No. 32) [Audio podcast episode]. In READ Podcast. The Windward Institute.  https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/mindy-bridges-phd  

Implementing the Reading-Writing Connection—About Time?

• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2022). The Power of Language and Learning with Lydia Soifer, PhD (No. 29) [Audio podcast episode]. In READ Podcast. The Windward Institute. https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/lydia-soifer-phd  

Connecting the Dots Between Reading and Writing: Strategies for Instruction 

• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2023). How to Integrate Background Knowledge and Writing Into Reading Instruction with Sonia Cabell, PhD (No. 50) [Audio podcast episode]. In READ Podcast. The Windward Institute. https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/integrate-background-knowledge-sonia-cabell-phd  

Integrated Approaches to Reading Development: Implications for Education 

• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2023). Exploring Whole Child Approaches to Reading with Yaacov Petscher, PhD (No. 47) [Audio podcast episode] In READ Podcast. The Windward Institute. https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/yaacov-petscher-phd  
• Scorrano, D. (Host). (2023). An Integrated Approach to Supporting All Readers with Lakeisha Johnson, PhD (No. 41) [Audio podcast episode]. In READ Podcast. The Windward Institute. https://www.thewindwardschool.org/the-windward-institute/read/lakeisha-johnson-phd