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Teaching, Reading, and Learning: The TRL Podcast is focused on elevating important contributions to the educational community, with the goal of inspiring teachers, informing practice, and celebrating those people in the community who have influenced teaching and literacy to the betterment of children. The podcast features people whose life stories are simply compelling and rich in ways that are instructive to us all. The podcast will focus on literacy as we know it (reading and writing) but will also connect to other “literacies” that impact children’s learning; for example, emotional, physical and social literacies as they apply to teachers and children.
Episode Description
Dr. Tim Shanahan’s distinguished career has led him from teaching first grade to leading groundbreaking research panels. With over 200 publications on literacy, his work emphasizes how to improve reading achievement based on the research. He is considered one of the premier literacy educators, is widely followed through his blog and on social media, and is a sought-after speaker. In this episode, Tim reflects on his legacy, his ongoing work, and what he sees as our greatest challenges in the teaching profession.
Episode Notes
Timothy Shanahan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chi¬cago where he was Founding Di¬rector of the UIC Center for Literacy. Previously, he was director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools. He is author/editor of more than 200 publications on literacy education. His research emphasizes the connections between reading and writing, literacy in the disciplines, and improvement of reading achievement.
Tim is past president of the International Literacy Association. He served as a member of the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Literacy under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and he helped lead the National Reading Panel, convened at the request of Congress to evaluate research on teaching reading, a major influence on reading education. He chaired two other federal research review panels: The National Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth, and the National Early Literacy Panel, and helped write the Common Core State Standards.
He was inducted to the Reading Hall of Fame in 2007, and is a former first-grade teacher.
In this conversation, Tim talks about his early influences as a teacher, his work in Chicago Public Schools and in the development of the University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Literacy, the groundbreaking impact of the National Reading Panel, and what he sees as work left to do in our profession.
Further Reading
Shanahan on Literacy (includes a full listing of relevant resources and publications, Tim’s blog, and presentations): shanahanonliteracy.com/
National Reading Panel Report (full text): www.nichd.nih.gov/sites/defau...
National Reading Panel Report: Practical Advice for Teachers files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED...
National Early Literacy Panel Report: lincs.ed.gov/publications/pdf...
National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth (executive summary): www.standardsinstitutes.org/s...
What Constitutes a Science of Reading Instruction? (Reading Research Quarterly; September, 2020)
The Science of Reading: Making Sense of Research (Reading Teacher; September/October, 2020)
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