READ Podcast The Windward Institute

This episode marks a special LEAD on READ episode with Dr. Jacqueline Rodriguez, CEO of the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). Dr. Rodriguez reflects on her leadership in education and advocacy, highlighting a lifelong learning journey. She shares NCLD’s vision to scale and expand advocacy efforts for people with learning disabilities in schools, professional spaces, and communities throughout their lives and across the world. In this episode, we discuss the following leadershi...

Dr. Steve Graham, renowned expert in writing instruction, joins READ for a timely discussion on effective writing instruction, the reading-writing connection, and the role of technology and AI on writing education. In this episode, you will learn aboutapproaches to reading and writing instruction through an integrated lens.considerations for instructional planning across content areas.multiple strategies for effective writing instruction.implications for assessing writing.expert insights on t...

Sara Hart, PhD, joins READ to discuss the role of genes and the environment on reading development and disabilities. Throughout her career, Dr. Hart has investigated child development through an interdisciplinary lens. In this episode, you will learn about Dr. Hart’s studies with twins to understand individual development in reading and math with the goal to inform approaches to education and equity.role as co-PI of The Learning Disabilities Translational Science Collective, focused on t...

Dr. Sarah Woulfin, an expert on leadership and school reform, joins the READ Podcast for a LEAD on READ conversation, co-hosted by Dr. Danielle Gomez and Jamie Williamson. Dr. Woulfin outlines effective actions of leaders to enact school reform and shares her expertise on how to sustain change in education. In this episode, you will learn aboutcurriculum coherence, capacity building, and conditions for effective change.key actions of leaders that facilitate support for educational initia...

Colby Hall, PhD, shares her research on reading and language from kindergarten through adolescence. Dr. Hall, an assistant professor at University of Virginia, discusses her vast research collaborations spanning across areas of literacy, age groups, and language, providing a window into the research process and offering implications for classroom practice. In this episode, you will learn aboutthe findings from a pilot study involving an integrated reading, writing, and language intervention f...

Neena Saha, PhD, joins READ for an illuminating and entrepreneurial discussion about translating research to practice. In this episode, Dr. Saha offers insights on shifting how educators interface with research through an entrepreneurial lens.integrating and broadening the role of technology in sharing research.developing a systematic and explicit approach to the translation of research to practice.Dr. Saha discusses opportunities and challenges for disseminating research more effectivel...