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Top 5 Books I Read in 2021

What's the most important problem in literacy instruction/leadership?

How to Make Learning Stick

Building Anew

Finding the Root Cause of Our Literacy Outcomes

Four Thousand Weeks

Rethinking Reading Logs

Real Things Change

How I Am Present During Literacy Instruction

A Bias Toward Possibility

Cultivating Genius

How am I doing?

How I Use Surveys to Inform My Leadership Practice

Adapt or Die

Two Simple Strategies for Teaching Today's Writers

Outcomes Matter

Leaf Forts

How to Filter Feedback

Learner-Centered Leadership

All Leaders Should Be Coaches

How have you changed your leadership practice to better support teachers?

Identity Work

Leading Literacy: Communicating Feedback Through Questioning

Blurring

Leading Literacy with the C.O.A.C.H. Framework

Ted Lasso and Presuming Positive Intentions

How to Reduce Change to Increase Improvement

Tuck-Pointing and a Sense of Accomplishment

Three Powerful Moments: An Inclusion Activity on What Makes Our Literacy Instruction Memorable

The Power of Moments

Five Fiction Books I Read This Summer

Sunk Costs

How We Help Students Develop Their Identity as Readers

First Things First

Three Education Books I Regularly Recommend to Families

New Series: Wisdom From the Field

Making Curriculum Matter

Expectations Diverge

How I Am Navigating the Science of Reading

What is the most important thing to know about literacy programming?

For Writers Only

Cultivating Genius Book Discussion #2

Criticality as a Call to Action

Teach Your Students Where They Are

Putting Theory into Practice

Seeing With New Eyes: Applying Criticality to the Literacy Curriculum

Choosing to Do Right: Five Texts for Identity Work in Classrooms

How I Facilitate Professional Book Studies

A 19th-Century Lens for Equitable Literacy Education Today

Becoming a Better Teacher

Continuing to Widen the Lens: Learn More, Do Better

Developing a Positive Identity: Skin Color

Cultivating Genius Discussion Board

Cultivating Genius Book Discussion #1

Loosen Your Grip

Can People Change?

Simplify Your Literacy Curriculum, Part 2

Simplify Your Literacy Curriculum, Part 1

To Be a Professional, Act Like an Amateur

How have you leveraged literacy to provide closure to a unique school year?

Know the Story Before You Create the Story

From and Through the Storylines

Three Questions and Responses About Foundational Reading Skills, Phonics, and the Science of Reading

Communicating Feedback: For the Writer First

Equity Projects

Writing Matters

Two Roles of Technology Within Literacy Instruction

Writing Tip #10: When in Doubt, Read

Using Picture Books to Develop Critical Thinking

Writing Tip #9 (of 9): Write For Yourself, Rewrite for Your Reader

Teaching Readers Where They Are At

Wondering: Where does engagement stand within the science of reading?

Five Non-Educational Books I Read This Winter

Teacher Supervision That Supports Professional Growth

Using the Classroom Library to Teach Text Features

Writing Tip #8 (of 9): Revision as Making the Writing Right

Feedback That Flows

Four Characteristics of Top-Performing Schools

Develop Fearless Learners: The Genius Hour Guidebook

“I Like to Write, and So Do They”: How Our Beliefs Influence Our Students

Writing Tip #7 (of 9): Revise Only As Needed

Celebrating Emerging Writers (and Their Teachers)

The Importance of Background Knowledge for Self-Directed Learners

Conversation is the Key to Professional Growth

Writing Tip #6 (of 9): Sustain the Momentum

Writing Tip #5 (of 9): Experience Success by Writing Short

Writing Tip #5 (of 9): Experience Success by Writing Short

Stop Blaming Parents and Educators

Writing Tip #4 (of 9): Write Small, Write Every Day

Learning From Home as a Third Space

What books are on top of your to-read list for 2021?

Educators as Writers: Other People's Words