Name: A Seat at the Table: The Science of Reading: Supporting Educators with Effective Teaching Strategies
Start: 2024-01-30T14:00:00ZEST
End: 2024-01-30T15:00:00ZEST

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To improve literacy proficiency for all students, reading instruction should be based on science, on what the research says works. However, how evidenced-based reading should be taught requires more than simply embracing the notion of 鈥渢he science of reading.鈥�

Too often teachers try to hold on to instructional approaches they are comfortable with when they are under pressure to adopt new strategies, including those that are supported by new and emerging research. As more states pass 鈥渟cience of reading鈥� laws, what are the best ways to support educators who might be struggling?

Moderator Peter DeWitt will be joined by guests鈥攔esearchers and practitioners鈥攖o discuss the best path forward for the teaching of reading.

Stephen Sawchuk

Associate Editor, Assistant Managing Editor, 91直播

Stephen Sawchuk is an assistant managing editor for 91直播, leading coverage of teaching, learning, and curriculum. He won an award for beat reporting from the Education Writers Association in 2020 and was a 2017 Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan. His work has also appeared in smithsonian.com, The Hechinger Report, and the Huffington Post. He holds degrees from Georgetown and Columbia universities.

Amanda P. Goodwin

Associate Professor in Language, Literacy, and Culture, Vanderbilt University Peabody College聽

Amanda Goodwin is a Professor at Vanderbilt. As a former elementary and middle school teacher and current teacher educator and researcher, Dr. Goodwin explores differences between digital and paper reading and the role of language in reading comprehension for upper elementary and middle school students. Dr. Goodwin, a former editor of Reading Research Quarterly, oversaw the production of two special issues on the Science of Reading.

Belkys Benison

Reading Interventionist for Special Education Students聽

Belkys Benison has been a special education teacher for 25 years in the North Rockland Central School District in New York. Currently, she is the district鈥檚 reading interventionist for special education students. She has served as an evaluator, a co-teacher, and a self-contained teacher.

Peter DeWitt

Opinion Contributor, 91直播

A former K-5 public school principal turned author, presenter, and leadership coach, Peter DeWitt provides insights and advice for education leaders. He pens an opinion blog for 91直播, Finding Common Ground and is the host of A Seat at the Table.

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