Welcome to our new website!

Literacy Episodes

May 7, 2024

How to Create a Culture of Reading in Schools (Lorraine M. Radice)

In an earlier episode with Darlene Prott, we discussed how to help students to engage in the act of reading itself. In this episode, we speak with Lorraine Radice - K-12 director of literacy in a public school district in …

Episode page
April 23, 2024

How to Teach Students to Read (Darlene Farrace-Prott)

As Darlene Prott - Founder and CEO of NJ Teacher 2 Teacher says, we may think students should be able to read once they pass third grade but we may want to think again especially if we are supporting multi-lingual …

Episode page
April 16, 2024

How to Teach with AI: Practical Tips (Jose Antonio Bowen)

In this episode, Jose Bowen - DEI education consultant and former President of Goucher College - and I discuss his new book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning. Indeed, in his book and …

Episode page
March 5, 2024

How to Improve Student Presentations and Public Speaking (Robyn Brink…

When we teach students how to write, we often do so by teaching certain writing "moves" - introducing a topic, expanding on it, and summation, etc. We also should be teaching the communication moves that go along with public ...

Episode page
Dec. 6, 2023

How to Rock the College Application Essay (Kate Stone)

It's that time of year again. College applications are due! Join me and my guest Kate Stone, CEO of University Gurus, as we discuss how high school/rising college students can be writing effective application essays. We also ...

Episode page
Oct. 10, 2023

How to Get Students to Like Writing (Melissa Morrison)

In this episode, join Melissa Morrison of Teaching to Tranform and I as we discuss why it is more important than ever, in the age of AI, to help our students develop critical thinking skills through their writing. We also …

Episode page