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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Teaching My Daughters to Read. Part IV: Success

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Teaching My Daughters to Read. Part III: Phonics

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Teaching My Daughters to Read. Part II: Print Awareness

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Teaching My Daughters to Read. Part I: Context

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Which Text Levels Should We Teach With?

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Prior Knowledge, Or He Isn’t Going to Pick on the Baseball Study

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How Can We Take Advantage of Reading–Writing Relationships?

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How to Knock Down Five Straw Man Arguments Against Phonics

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If Students Meet a Standard with Below Grade Level Texts, Are They Meeting the Standard?

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Why Is It So Hard to Improve Reading Achievement?

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Did Reading First Reveal Phonics Instruction to be Futile?

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Who’s Right about Text Complexity, You or the Institute of Education Sciences?

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