As educators, we have the noble task of helping children prepare for productive and self-fulfilled adult lives.

One of the most adventurous decisions of my professional career was moving to a middle school reading interventionist position after many years working primarily with elementary students.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, educators are all too familiar with the fact that there has been clear learning loss among students across the nation.

Once a student has learned the alphabetic code, their vocabulary knowledge is the strongest predictor of reading comprehension.

When educators ask, what is the one action we can take to improve student learning, my answer is universal no matter the grade level or domain.

At present, only 24% of the students in our nation write proficiently. Yet, a powerful, little-known evidence-based science of writing exists!