Coming May 19—Webinar with Dr. Nell K. Duke
Coming May 19—Webinar with Dr. Nell K. Duke
Vilas Research Professor and Donald O. Hebb Professor in the Department of Psychology. author of Language at the Speed of Sight—How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It. Internationally renowned cognitive scientist / neuroscientist / psycholinguist who has studied language, reading, and dyslexia for more than 30 years.
Stern Family Professor of Reading Success and Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Minnesota. Research focused on (1) promoting teachers' use of data-based decision-making and evidence-based instruction and (2) developing intensive, individualized interventions for students for whom generally effective instruction is not sufficient.
MN Department of Education Dyslexia Specialist. PhD in clinical psychology, Duke University; specialized training at UNC-Chapel Hill addressing developmental and learning disabilities and school-based intervention MA in Education, University of Virginia; former pre-K-12 teacher; education policy researcher at Duke University, clinical psychologist in private practice, and educational consultant for school districts in Minnesota and Michigan.
Manuel J. Justiz Endowed Chair in Education and executive director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk at the University of Texas. Co-Author: RTI in the Common Core Classroom—A Framework for Instruction and Assessment. Topic: Meeting literacy standards for all students, including those with dyslexia and other reading difficulties
Professor of Education at Florida State University and Director Emeritus of the Florida Center for Reading Research. Editor: The Challenges of Implementing Effective Reading Interventions in Schools. Topic: "Successful Early Literacy Interventions."
Warner Professor in the Division of Leadership and Innovation in Teachers College at Arizona State University. Co-Author: Writing to Read. Topic: "How Writing Can Improve Reading."
Academic Dean and Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Author: Making Assessment Matter. Topic: "Using Test Results to Differentiate Reading Instruction."
Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Editor: Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading. Topic: "What Happens When Reading Breaks Down?"
John DiBiaggio Professor of Citizenship and Public Service; Director of the Center for Reading and Language Research; and Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University. Author: Proust and the Squid. Topic:"The Science of the Reading Brain."
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