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Less planning, more student autonomy, and more time to confer. Sounds pretty great, right? In an integrated reading and writing block Ellin Keene aims to achieve all three. Her newest book The Literacy Studio –titled after this approach— is full of research-backed insights from the classroom, and practical strategies on how to do this in your ELA classroom. Today in a special commuter podcast episode Edie talks with the author before we hear the clip from the audiobook.

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Today we are going to revisit a podcast from 2022 on teacher mental health. My colleague Steph speaks with Dr. Kris Scardamalia associate professor from the National Center for School Mental Health at the University of Maryland.

 If you enter “teacher mental health” into a search engine, you’ll probably be met with a surprisingly short list of results. But teachers have long experienced high rates of stress and burnout, which have only grown in recent years.

We wanted to take some time to address the long standing and often overlooked state of teacher mental health in the U.S. Well-meaning approaches tend to miss the glaring issue of broken structural supports that leave teachers and their students with little to work with.

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One way to better understand today’s issues in schools is to know the history of how we got here. Today, we’ll hear about the landmark supreme court case; Lau v. Nichols, that established that bilingual students have the right to equal educational opportunities and a meaningful education. In this excerpt from his audiobook, Elevating Equity and Justice: 10 U.S. Supreme Court Cases Every Teacher Should Know, former civil rights attorney Robert Kim tells the story of why the Laus and other Chinese American families sued the San Francisco Unified School District 50 years ago and how their victory has shaped today’s schools. 

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The pleasure of storytelling is the entry point for everyone into writing, as well as what propels the writer as they move into different genres. Today we’ll hear from Tom Newkirk about his new book Literacy’s Democratic Roots: A Personal Tour Through Eight Big Ideas. Tom is interviewed by fellow Heinemann author Ralph Fletcher. In this delightful conversation between two old friends Tom and Ralph discuss the importance of narrative, the resources students bring to any curriculum, and how the marriage of the two is imperative in facing the current challenge to democracy—to bring everyone in, to make everyone welcome.

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As far as I’m concerned," educator and performer Rebecca Bellingham writes, "there is no one busier than a teacher." Fitting it all in can feel impossible. Still, the benefits of reading aloud to students of all ages are vast and comprehensive – so if you’re going to skip something, Bellingham argues, please don’t let it be read aloud! This week, in an excerpt from Rebecca’s The Artful Read Aloud, we’re going to hear how reading aloud is essential to becoming a lifelong reader, and the perfect moment to slow down, take a breath, and give students – and yourself – time to think and make meaning, even in the midst of impossibly packed days.

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This week we have a special interview with Kylene Beers about her newly released second edition of When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do.

Michelle Flynn joins her to talk about how Kylene’s thinking has changed over the past 20 years since the first edition, what new material is included, and how this book speaks to the urgency around reading. Stay tuned after their conversation for a sample from the second chapter of the audiobook version of When Kids Can’t Read, second edition.

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Students who read more become stronger readers, so how do we get our students to read more? Today, we'll hear from teacher, author, and consultant, Donalyn Miller, advising us that the only way to support the volume of reading that we all want for students is to support their joy in reading. In this excerpt from the book, aptly titled, The Joy of Reading, which Donalyn co-authored with the late Teri Lesesne, Donalyn describes reading joy and explains why it matters to readers.

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Can math skills and concepts be taught through children's literature? Can a shared reading experience in your classroom prompt meaningful math connections and a deep understanding of math concepts? The answer is yes!

Join us for a conversation with Sue O'Connell, author of Math by the Book, to hear about why she created the series and how literature-based math practices enhance students' math experiences. We'll also get a sneak peek at what participants can expect in her upcoming free workshop on September 27th.

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We know that students are more engaged and feel affirmed and centered when they're doing work that is relevant and meaningful to them. But how can we design units that are truly useful to students? Today, we'll hear from teacher, author, consultant, and DisruptTexts co-founder Lorena Gèrman. In this excerpt from her audiobook Textured Teaching, Lorena reminds us that making work relevant means knowing students and centering on community within and beyond the classroom.

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How can back-to-school professional development leave teachers feeling heard, recognized, and energized for the year?

Today, we are joined by Berit Gordon, the author of The Joyful Teacher, and Erin Bailey, a district-level instructional coach from the Blue Springs School District in Missouri.

Berit and Erin talk about how Erin used The Joyful Teacher to create professional development that prioritizes teacher ownership, collaboration, and self-care in order to establish manageable and personalized goals for the year ahead.

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In the wake of school disruptions during the pandemic, reports of widespread student misbehavior have been making headlines. It's the kind of story that attracts attention, with armchair analysis from individuals outside the field of education. Today, we'll hear from teacher, consultant, and author Arlène Elizabeth Casimir about how the behavior categorized as misbehavior is often an expression of trauma. In this excerpt from Trauma-Responsive Pedagogy: Teaching for Healing and Transformation, which Arlène co-authored with Courtney Baker, she explains how educators can easily miss signs of trauma in students. She shares ways in which students' trauma manifests in their behavior and helps us understand how adults' words can unconsciously punish students for their trauma responses.

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Literacy moves with us in the world wherever we go. Valerie Bang-Jensen writes, "When we move literacy practice outside, we give students the message that reading, writing, and thinking, go with them no matter where they are." Valerie, a professor of education at St. Michael's College, who has also taught in the K-6 classrooms, writes about how try new things can be hard, especially in or in this case out of the classroom but can also yield some pretty amazing results.

This week, we're going to hear about trying something new in an excerpt from Valerie's audiobook, Literacy Moves Outdoors, which explains how you can, well, move your literacy instruction literally outdoors.

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When students, or any of us, find ourselves trying to make sense of a difficult text, it's easy to feel frustrated or even hopeless. In today's podcast, we'll hear about a simple strategy for supporting students when they encounter a text that is difficult for them, rereading. In this excerpt from the second edition of When Kids Can't Read - What Teachers Can Do, teacher, author, consultant, and former NCTE President Kylene Beers walks us through how to guide students how to reread productively. This selection from the audiobook is narrated by Meredith Beers, Kylene's daughter.

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Helping students to understand what they read is one of the most central academic aims of school. No matter what subject you’re teaching, students’ reading comprehension likely plays a big role in their success in your classroom.

Back in 1992, Dr. P. David Pearson and others identified six strategies that proficient readers consistently use as they read: using schema, inferring, questioning, determining importance, visualizing, and synthesizing. Explicitly teaching these strategies can improve students’ comprehension. The question is, how can these strategies be taught in a way that students can easily connect with?

Today, we’ll hear from teacher and education consultant Tanny McGregor. In this excerpt from her book Comprehension Connections, Tanny focuses on one of the slipperiest strategies: inferring.

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The number of bilingual students in the United States is growing, and most of those students speak Spanish at home. What can teachers do to help these students feel not merely included but centered in classrooms?

Doctors Carla España and Luz Yadira Herrera have named six essential practices for centering the voices and experiences of Latinx students. During today’s commute, we'll get to hear about two of these practices—getting to know students' journeys and understanding our students' literacy traditions—in an excerpt from their book, En Comunidad. You'll hear Carla and Luz share stories from their own lives that help illuminate the importance of these practices, as well as a few questions to connect them to your own classroom.

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Commuting is always better when you have a friend along. Let us join you on your commute with curated segments from Heinemann's audiobook library.

From guidance on creating a classroom where all students feel valued, to lessons on specific reading strategies, these short, focused podcasts will give you something to ponder during your commute or try out in your classroom after listening.

Join us on the podcast during your commute. Our first episode will be available on August 14th, with new episodes releasing every Monday morning. All you need to do is subscribe to the Heinemann podcast wherever you stream your podcasts.

Take us along for the ride as you start the new school year!

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What are some words that you would use to describe your math classroom?

Today we’re joined by Jen Munson, Faith Kwon, and Mary Trinkle. If your classroom looks anything like theirs, you might say things like collective, trusting, and vulnerable. Sound surprising?

Their new book, The Collaborative Math Classroom, guides readers through implementing easy and approachable suggestions to launch a truly student-centered environment, where students learn not just mathematical ideas, but also how to do mathematics together. They pose and make sense of problems and experience themselves and one another as mathematical thinkers.

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Today we are pleased to present the final episode of Conflict and Consensus, a three-part conversation led by author and educator Pablo Wolfe. Last episode, Pablo examined why preparation is so important for teachers, students, and caregivers to effectively engage with civic learning.

Today, Pablo is joined by Hillary Usher, a Montessori educator in South Carolina. She and Pablo discuss the importance of inquiry in driving civic learning. They explore how to navigate conflicting viewpoints, how to thoughtfully engage with the community outside the classroom walls, and how following the child can lead to the most fruitful inquiries.

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Today we are pleased to present part two of Conflict and Consensus, a three-part conversation led by author and educator Pablo Wolfe. Last episode, Pablo explored the meaning of the term “civics”, and the role it plays as a guiding value in our classrooms.

Today, Pablo is joined by Rachel Hsieh, an elementary educator in her 13th year. She believes in centering student voices and learning alongside her students. She and Pablo discuss the preparation needed to set both teachers and students up for civic learning, why self-reflection is so important, and how to move form debate to deliberation.

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Today we are pleased to present Conflict and Consensus, a three-part conversation led by author and educator Pablo Wolfe. In this first episode, Pablo explores the term “civics” and offers us a working definition for these conversations. He investigates how it’s interpreted differently from various perspectives, and how teachers who believe in the civic purpose of schools are navigating these turbulent times.

In this first episode, Pablo is joined by follow educator Ylisse Yepez. Ylisse has 36 years of experience in the classroom working with her readers and writers and is passionate about trauma informed practices. In this conversation, Ylisse shares two experiences where she needed to navigate conflict in the classroom from a civics minded perspective, how it resolved, and what she took away from each experience.

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