Recommended Resources
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PODCASTS
Tackling the Challenge of Literacy and Illiteracy; Eric Barnes with Memphis Literacy Conference leadership
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong; APM Reports, Emily Hanford
Science of Reading: The Podcast, Amplify Education;
(Top 10 Episodes to Get Started)
Reading is Rocket Science with Louisa Moats, Melissa and Lori Love Literacy Podcast
What the Words Say, APM Reports, Emily Hanford
BOOKS & ARTICLES
Just Getting Started…
Hard Words: Why Aren’t Our Kids Being Taught How to Read?, Emily Hanford
“There is a Right Way to Teach Reading, and Mississippi Knows It”, The New York Times
The Perfect Storm: Mississippi’s Momentum for Improving Reading Achievement, Dr. Kymyona Burk
In Memphis, the Phonics Movement Comes to High School, The New York Times
The Knowledge Gap, Natalie Wexler
If You’re Ready for More…
The Reading Comprehension Blueprint, Nancy Hennessy
The Writing Revolution, Natalie Wexler
Speech to Print, Louisa Moats
Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction, Marcia Henry
Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning about Print, Marilyn Adams
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, Maryanne Wolf
Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read, Stanislas Dehaene
ENGAGE WITH MLI
Recommend our Reading Specialist Certification program to others
Attend or volunteer at next year’s Memphis Literacy Conference
Volunteer or visit MTR Camp next summer
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