Ep. 108: From 13% to 100% Literacy Proficiency with School Leader Angie Hanlin

Angie Hanlin, current Superintendent in Wisconsin, led her former school from 13% to 100% reading proficiency. How? Angie shifted the focus from TEACHING to LEARNING.  She worked alongside her school teams with a relentless, laser-like focus on data, asking questions such as: Who is making progress? Who’s not? What are we going to do about it? Radical acceptance of the data helped educators move forward and put aside blame and shame. Key takeaway: All means ALL! 

Related Episodes

• Ep. 98: Improving Student Reading Growth in Months with Fluency Instruction and Practice 
• Ep. 62: Effective Fluency Instruction with Tim Rasinski 
• Ep. 63: Kindergarten Teacher Reaches 100% Success Using Evidence-Based Practices 
• Ep. 103: From Workshop Model to Reading Science in Pentucket 

Resources 

• Instructional strategies for 7 early literacy pillars by Patti Montgomery, Schools Cubed
• Developing Assessment-Capable Visible Learners Grades K-12: Maximizing Skill, Will, and Thrill 
• How Principals Affect Students and Schools: A Systematic Synthesis of Two Decades of Research by The Wallace Foundation 
• The Reading Brain by the Center for Reading and Language Research, including Maryanne Wolf 

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