Bridging literacy research and practice. Hosted by Jake Downs.
E74 | Robust Comprehension Using HQIM Featuring Dr. Dan Reynolds, Dr. Anna Jennerjohn, & Dr. Sara Rutherford-Quach
75 hours 46 mins; March 12, 2026
Complex Text & Fluency with Dr. Jake Downs and Dr. Chase Young
50 mins; March 04, 2026
E72|Pragmatic Differentiation for Reading Acceleration with Dr. Sharon Walpole
68 hours 36 mins; January 06, 2026
E72|Pragmatic Differentiation for Reading Acceleration with Dr. Sharon Walpole
0 secs; January 05, 2026
E71|Evaluating Advanced Phonemic Awareness with Dr. Michael Coyne
59 mins; December 04, 2025
E70|Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners with Dr. Steve Amdendum
55 mins; November 11, 2025
E69|Transforming Comprehension: Main Ideas, Text Structures, and Teaching Techniques with Dr. Wijekumar
74 hours 10 mins; October 07, 2025
E68|Strategic Assessment Systems with Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller and Dr. Eunsoo Cho
78 hours 8 mins; September 06, 2025
Practices of Effective K-2 Teacher Teams with Dr. Jake Downs
64 hours 36 mins; August 05, 2025
Jake Talks Paired Oral Reading with Melissa and Lori
53 mins; July 07, 2025
E66|Linking Automaticity, Vocabulary, and Text With Dr. Freddy Hiebert
61 hours 28 mins; June 09, 2025
E64|AI and the Future of Writing Instruction with Dr. Steve Graham
65 hours 57 mins; May 05, 2025
EP63| Is Comprehension Instruction Getting Better? with Dr. Phil Capin
51 mins; April 07, 2025
E62|Stopping the Summer Slide with Dr. Blythe Anderson and Dr. John Strong
64 hours 26 mins; March 04, 2025
E61| Does Science of Reading Legislation Improve Reading Outcomes with Dr. Katherine O’Donnell
52 mins; February 03, 2025
EP60| Morphology Instruction with Dr. Danielle Colenbrander
69 hours 35 mins; January 06, 2025
E59 | Informational Writing and Academic Language with Dr. Cherish Sarmiento
47 mins; December 09, 2024
EP58| Vocabulary Instruction with Dr. Blythe Anderson
40 mins; November 05, 2024
EP57|Inferences with Dr. Marianne Rice
70 hours 11 mins; October 08, 2024
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Upper Elementary Reading Fluency and Comprehension Sessions for Utah Educators
2 mins; September 24, 2024
E56|Strive-for-Five with Drs. Tricia Zucker and Sonia Cabell
47 mins; September 02, 2024
E55|Synchronous Paired Oral Reading Techniques with Dr. Jake Downs
48 mins; August 19, 2024
E54|The Literacy 50 with Melissa and Lori
61 hours 13 mins; July 22, 2024
E53|Encouraging Reading Motivation with Dr. Margaret Vaughn and Dr. Dixie Massey
52 mins; July 10, 2024
E52|Reading Profiles with Dr. Louise Spear-Swerling
0 secs; June 12, 2024
E51|Syntax: From Epilinguistic to Metalinguistic Awareness with Dr. Rachel Knecht and Dr. Dianna Townsend
46 mins; April 18, 2024
E50 | Text Comprehension in the Classroom with Dr. Kristin Conradi Smith, Tamara Williams, and Ellen Frackelton
67 hours 44 mins; March 19, 2024
E49 | Teacher Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Practice with Dr. Karen Kehoe
63 hours 7 mins; March 11, 2024
E48| Phonemic Awareness: Unpacking Recent Meta-Analysis Findings with Dr. Florina Erbeli and Dr. Marianne Rice
83 hours 24 mins; February 15, 2024
E47|Cost & Accuracy of Third Grade Reading Screeners with Dr. Adrea Truckenmiller and Dr. Courtenay Barrett
71 hours 15 mins; January 18, 2024
Resolution 2024: Think Like a Scientist
41 mins; January 04, 2024
E46 | What was Hot in 2023? With Dr. Evan Ortlieb
52 mins; December 09, 2023
E45 | Explicit Instruction with Dr. Dana Robertson
56 mins; November 29, 2023
E44|Read Alouds for All with Dr. Molly Ness
51 mins; October 02, 2023
E43|Accelerating Literacy Learning with Dr. Margaret Vaughn and Dr. Seth Parsons
78 hours 54 mins; September 16, 2023
State of the Podcast 2023 | Welcome Back to School
11 mins; August 28, 2023
E42 | From Simplicity to Complexity: The Direct and Indirect Effects Model of Reading With Dr. Young-Suk Grace Kim
59 mins; July 14, 2023
E41 | Alphabet Instruction with Dr. Shayne Piasta
51 mins; May 13, 2023
E40 | Comprehension Instruction Recommendations from the New IES Practice Guide with Drs. Deborah Reed, Jade Wexler, Kimberly St. Martin, and Joe Dimino
44 mins; March 12, 2023
E39 | Early Writing Standards in the Common Core Era with Dr. Laura Tortorelli
55 mins; December 31, 2022
E38 | Irregular Words with Dr. Danielle Colenbrander
57 mins; November 22, 2022
E37 | Teacher Content Knowledge and Early Literacy Instruction with Dr. Shayne Piasta and Dr. Alida Hudson
65 hours 5 mins; September 29, 2022
E36 | Knowledge and Literacy Instruction with Dr. Courtney Hattan and Dr. Sarah Lupo
62 hours 59 mins; August 31, 2022
E35 | Reviewing Kindergarten Phonological Awareness Materials with Dr. Kathleen Brown
80 hours 12 mins; June 18, 2022
E34 | Reading Long Words with Dr. Devin Kearns
49 mins; May 21, 2022
E33 | Structured Literacy & Reading Profiles with Dr. Louise Spear-Swerling
60 hours 46 mins; February 26, 2022
E32 | Supplemental Curriculum with Daniel Silver
46 mins; February 05, 2022
E31 | Teaching Visioning with Dr. Margaret Vaughn
40 mins; January 29, 2022
E30 | Developing Strategic K-2 Writers with Dr. Zoi Philippakos
73 hours 36 mins; January 17, 2022
2021 Year In Review
0 secs; December 30, 2021
E29 | Updated Recommendations for Adolescent Literacy Instruction with Dr. Dan Reynolds
45 mins; December 11, 2021
E28 | Read STOP Write: A Text Structure Intervention with Dr. John Z Strong
47 mins; November 24, 2021
Jake Needs Your Help – 7 Min. Listen
7 mins; November 13, 2021
E27 Teachers as Lifelong Learners with Drs. Aimee Morewood and Julie Ankrum
64 hours 59 mins; September 20, 2021
E26 Fluency Q&A with Drs. Tim Rasinski and Chase Young
74 hours 8 mins; August 28, 2021
E25 | Integrating Reading and Writing with Dr. Steve Graham
72 hours 25 mins; July 13, 2021
Special Announcement: Upcoming Fluency Q&A with Dr. Tim Rasinski and Dr. Chase Young
2 mins; July 12, 2021
E24 Principles of Effective Literacy Instruction With Dr. Seth Parsons
56 mins; June 22, 2021
E23 Eye Tracking Evidence for Goal Directed Reading With Dr. Kit Mohr and Dr. Eric Mohr
52 mins; June 04, 2021
E 22 Integrating Literacy and Science Instruction for Early Elementary Students With Dr. Sarah K. Clark
47 mins; May 13, 2021
Comprehension Strategies: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
19 mins; May 06, 2021
Reading Comprehension: Construction, Integration and Common Core
32 mins; April 15, 2021
TLP is Back!
4 mins; April 01, 2021
Reading Comprehension Research: Schema, Simple View of Reading, and the Rope [Comprehension Instruction Part 1/3]
36 mins; December 26, 2020
What’s in a Question? Doing Questions Better [Hiatus Episode 02]
26 mins; November 20, 2020
Hiatus Episode 01
6 mins; November 07, 2020
E21 | SOLAR: Science of Language and Reading with Dr. Pamela C. Snow
54 mins; August 19, 2020
E20: 20 Years of NRP 2000 with Dr. Tim Shanahan
75 hours 52 mins; August 05, 2020
E19: Dyad Reading: Academic and Attitude Outcomes with Third Graders with Dr. Kit Mohr and Jake Downs
56 mins; July 27, 2020
E18 Read Alouds Using a Structural Layering Approach with Dr. Doris Baker and Dr. Lana Santoro
60 hours 46 mins; July 20, 2020
E17: Homogeneous Grouping with Dr. Susan Patrick
45 mins; June 28, 2020
E16 Supporting ELA Instruction through Coding with Dr. Stacy Delacruz
29 mins; June 09, 2020
Episode 15: Remote Learning 101 with Matt Miller
37 mins; May 15, 2020
Episode 14: Resilient Students: Bridging Body and Mind with Dr. Derrik and Cassie Tollefson
46 mins; April 25, 2020
Episode 13: How Words Work with Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert
65 hours 3 mins; April 10, 2020
Supplemental Episode 01: Migrating Online: SAMR, TPACK, and Best Practices
32 mins; March 14, 2020
Episode 12: Silent Reading Rate and Comprehension with Dr. Emily Hayden
46 mins; March 14, 2020
Episode 11: Beyond Reading Comprehension: Core Academic Language Skills with Dr. Emily Phillips Galloway
44 mins; February 29, 2020
Episode 10: Reviewing a Decade of Early Literacy Research with Drs. Emily Brown Hoffman and Colleen Whittingham
55 mins; February 04, 2020
Episode 09: Student Agency in Literacy with Dr. Margaret Vaughn
25 mins; January 15, 2020
Episode 08: Adaptive Literacy Teaching with Dr. Margaret Vaughn
28 mins; December 12, 2019
Episode 07 Integrating Writing with Morning Meeting for Preschoolers with Dr. Chenyi Zhang
34 mins; November 30, 2019
Episode 06 Comprehension: CI Theory and Practice Part 2 with Dr. D. Ray Reutzel
36 mins; November 23, 2019
Episode 05 Comprehension: CI Theory and Practice with Dr. D. Ray Reutzel
34 mins; November 16, 2019
Episode 04 Tiered Fluency Support Part 2
25 mins; November 08, 2019
Episode 03 Tiered Fluency Support Part 1
29 mins; November 02, 2019
Episode 02 Supporting Students in Difficult Text
38 mins; October 26, 2019
Episode 01: Behavior of First Graders During Independent Reading Time
