Webinars
Join us for engaging webinars in which researchers and practitioners explore the essential role of background knowledge to reading comprehension and critical thinking.
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RECORDING: Literacy and the Science of Learning
This engaging panel explored what happens in the brain when students read and write. - Dylan Wiliam, Doug Lemov, and Natalie Wexler
02/05/2026
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RECORDING: Curriculum: An Unsung Hero of Reading Comprehension
Curriculum brings together all of the other unsung heroes: knowledge, vocabulary, discourse, and writing. - Pamela Snow, Staria Alexander, and Scott Langford
06/02/2025
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RECORDING: Knowledge: An Unsung Hero of Reading Comprehension
In this session, we’ll dive deeply into how knowledge, as the unsung hero that drives all others, is the quarterback of literacy. - Susan Neuman, Margaret McKeown, and Kyair Butts
01/17/2025
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RECORDING: Vocabulary: An Unsung Hero of Reading Comprehension
Vocabulary is arguably the most powerful component of reading comprehension. - Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Sonia Cabell, and Sean Morrisey
12/09/2024
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RECORDING: Discourse: An Unsung Hero of Reading Comprehension
Reading comprehension is a team sport. - Nell Duke, Mitchell Brookins, and Grace Delgado
09/30/2024
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RECORDING: Writing: An Unsung Hero of Reading Comprehension
Cognitive processes fueling comprehension rarely get their due. - Natalie Wexler, Doug Lemov, and Julia Cooper
07/19/2024