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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Shanahan on Literacy

Kids Need to Read Within Instruction

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Shanahan on Literacy

Decoding Dyslexia: A Rose by Any Other Name

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Do We Teach Decoding in Small Groups or Whole Class?

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On Progress Monitoring, Maze Tests, and Reading Comprehension Assessment

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Please Be Charitable for Literacy

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RtI: When Things Don’t Work as You Expected

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Teaching Letters in Kindergarten

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Fluency Instruction for Older Kids, Really?

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To Lexile or Not to Lexile, That Is the Question

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Response to the Joyful Illiterate Kindergartners of Finland

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Does Preschool Improve Later Literacy Achievement?

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Of Carts and Horses: Where Fluency Teaching Fits in Learning to Read Process

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