Today, we'll hear author Andrea Honigsfeld in conversation with Pam Schwallier, the director of EL and Bilingual Programs at West Ottawa Public Schools in Michigan. Andrea is the author of Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for English Learners. The deep respect they have for their profession and for the population of students who bring rich linguistic heritages to the classroom is powerful. Listen in as they delve into this asset-based approach that focuses on integrated language services and crosscutting strategies.

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Our guest on the podcast today is author Shamari Reid. His forthcoming book, Humans Who Teach: A Guide for Centering Love, Justice and Liberation in Schools is a beautiful, anecdotal exploration of self-compassion in a demanding profession. This conversation will give you insight into how those explorations became the foundation for a timely, compact book that guides you through the same work of examining self-care, boundaries, expansion and love. 

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The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 by Jennifer Serravallo is designed to meet every type of reader, and today we are noting the one-year anniversary of this book.

We're revisiting a podcast conversation from early 2023 between Jen and our former colleague, Jaclyn Karabinas. Jen talks about why she wanted to write this new edition, its timeliness, the detailed research process, and what new features readers will find. She shares her insights and hopes about how educators can incorporate this versatile resource into their classrooms. Since this episode aired, Jen also published the Reading Strategies 2.0 Companion Charts, and later this spring, Jen is publishing the Writing Strategies Companion Charts.

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Today we’ll revisit a podcast from 2019 on the book Inquiry Illuminated: Researcher’s Workshop Across the Curriculum, by Anne Goudvis, Stephanie Harvey, and Brad Buhrow. Anne and Steph, along with the book’s contributor Karen Halverson, joined my colleague Brett to discuss a structure for inquiry that's predictable, proven, and—most importantly—authentic. Inquiry doesn’t just happen. It grows in a classroom community throughout the year.

Their conversation started with talking about how to create a culture of inquiry.

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Today we revisit a podcast from 2020 when my colleague Steph spoke with Mary Ehrenworth, Pablo Wolfe, and Marc Todd, co-authors of The Civically Engaged Classroom: Reading, Writing, and Speaking for Change. Their book offers strategies and lessons for facilitating civic engagement that you can use in your classroom immediately. They believe that the work of engaging young people isn’t about giving students a voice: they already have their own voices. The work is about teaching them to use those voices with power.

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In this podcast from 2021 Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher discuss their deep dive into the four essential studies of essay, poetry, book clubs and digital composition. Their aim is to move beyond compliance and formula, and to develop students’ agency, independence, and decision-making skills. Penny and Kelly write that these four practices, have the power to transform students’ relationship with literacy—and truly prepare them for the more demanding work of college.

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Today we are going to revisit a podcast from 2019 on re-imagining the math classroom. My colleague Steph speaks with Heinemann author Steve Leinwand.

 Steve’s work revolves around fostering authentic math fluency in students, valuing deep understanding over memorization and speed. By challenging long-held ideas about how math is taught, Steve says we can re-imagine instruction that better serves our students.

The conversation started on the topic of math homework, and why it’s just not working.

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Kylene sits down with secondary teacher Jen Ochoa, who teaches in New York City, to reflect on the history of the book and the journey to the new edition.

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This week we hear from Heinemann author and poet Georgia Heard about why you should and how you can make time for poetry in your classroom. An expanded and updated version of her book, Awakening the Heart: Exploring Poetry in Elementary and Middle School, will be available in the spring.

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We are a culture that loves choice and that goes for all ages. So offering choice in an elementary writing classroom is extremely powerful. Today, we will hear firsthand how making the small shift results in tremendous engagement. Join us for a discussion between Kelly Boswell, author of Every Kid a Writer, and Blake Williams, a second grade teacher in South Carolina.

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