Presented by Kerri Larkin, Senior Education Advisor, Lexia; Ashlee Ciccone, Principal, Pinehurst Elementary School (NC); Dr. Gigi Luk, Professor, Centre for Research on Brain, Language, and Music, McGill University; and Allison Caldwell, Instructor Team Lead, Institute for Multi-Sensory Education
Hosted by Cassandra Wheeler, Director, LETRS State Success, Lexia
Presented by Bari Koral, Kids Yoga Expert and Owner of Yogapalooza
Moderated by Laura Wilhelm, Ed.D., VP of Professional Learning Services, Kaplan Early Learning Company
Presented by Horacio Sanchez, President and CEO, Resiliency, Inc.; Maya Goodall, Senior Director of Emergent Bilingual Curriculum, Lexia Learning; and Kerri Larkin, Senior Education Advisor, Education Partnerships
Moderated by Cassandra Wheeler, Senior Manager of LETRS State Success, Lexia Learning
Presented by Sara Midura, Engagement Behavior Specialist, Northwest Education Services (MI); Renee Kolle, Principal, Old Mission Peninsula School (MI); and Kendall Sweeney, Director of Impact, Move This World
Presented by Nigel Nisbet, Former Math Coach, Current Vice President, Content Creation, MIND Research Institute; and Rocío Trejo, Bilingual Curriculum Specialist, Milwaukee Public Schools (WI)
The Science of Learning: A Research-Informed Strategy Approach to Learning Recovery and Acceleration
Presented by Glenn Whitman, Executive Director, The Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning
Presented by Glenn Whitman, Executive Director, The Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning
Connect, extend, and challenge your current understanding of how the brain learns and classroom practices with new ideas and ways of engaging with students at home or online.
According to hillforliteracy.org, about 66% of 4th grade readers cannot read proficiently, which often translates into a growing achievement gap for these children. Why is reading such a difficult task to learn and teach? While humans are born with a natural ability for spoken language, reading is much different. In fact, Dr. Vera Blau-McCandliss, Vice President of Education and Research at Square Panda, said that reading is a relatively new and unnatural phenomenon which she described in “Reading and the Brain.”
In this edWebinar, Dr. Vera Blau-McCandliss, Vice President of Education and Research at Square Panda, focuses on the science of early reading development.