Presentations and Webinars

These are presentations and webinars we have created and given that you can take and present to your educators.

A Different Look at the Causes of the Achievement Gap in Reading

A different look at the causes of the uneven reading development, featuring David Liben, will allow you the chance to explore the inequities built into faulty reading instruction and further understand why the gap in reading continues to grow as less affluent students progress through school. Literacy teachers of all grades K-12 will benefit from this important information, and will learn about text-set resources to support teaching and learning in their own classroom.                                                                                               

Building Fluent Readers

What is meant by reading fluently? What are the characteristics of fluent readers, and what can teachers do to support all students in building fluency? Watch this webinar to hear from the experts about what works and get ready-to-use ideas for your classroom!

The Problem of Teaching Literacy Backwards

To what extent has the half-century continuance of the opportunity gap been a result of literacy instruction in the US being backwards? David Liben showcases recent research that asks us to consider whether the traditional approach to literacy instruction is, in fact, all turned around. Watch this webinar to find out whether your ELA/literacy instruction contains the evidence-based ingredients validated in this research.

Reading Comprehension: Habits and Practices of Successful Readers

This is a radical re-envisioning of the very nature of reading comprehension, research-based, and with major implications for equitable, powerful instruction. Building on the work and thinking we’ve been doing the past several years on behalf of older readers, this was presented by Meredith to the Aldine, TX literacy conference in January, 2021.

Here is a link to the Ppt deck. Link here for a link to the video of the Aldine presentation.