Timothy Shanahan

Shanahan on Literacy

Literacy expert Timothy Shanahan shares best practices for teaching reading and writing. Dr. Shanahan is an internationally recognized professor of urban education and reading researcher who has extensive experience with children in inner-city schools and children with special needs. All posts are reprinted with permission from Shanahan on Literacy (opens in a new window).

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How Do You Know If It Really Is the Science of Reading?

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More on Hanford: Phonics Reform and Literacy Levels

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Teaching Reading to Students Who Experience Trauma

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Is Emily Hanford Right?

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Shared Reading in the Structured Literacy Era

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Comprehension Instruction That Really Helps — Teaching Cohesion

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Teaching Students to Use Context

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Won’t Student Motivation Be Damaged If We Teach with Complex Text?

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Phonics and Flexibility — Can They Really Go Together?

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What do you think of “phonics first” or “phonics only” in the primary grades?

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What Teachers Need to Know about Sentence Comprehension

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Do you like jigsaw approaches to teaching?

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