Media Responses From Lucy Calkins
Responding to The Daily, Lucy Calkins, June 9, 2023
In my 50 years of literacy work, I have been on the receiving end of mischaracterizations many times. But Tuesday’s episode of “The Daily” spun a narrative that is so full of blatant untruths that I need to respond.
A Call for Rejecting the Newest Reading Wars, The Hechinger Report, November 18, 2022
Fifty-eight educators say ‘Sold a Story’ podcast series sells incomplete story about reading instruction
The Important Truth About How to Teach Reading, EdWeek, November 9, 2022
The important truth is that teaching children to be great readers and writers is not simple, nor is developing an informed curriculum for doing so. Studies show that the most effective way to help kids become accomplished readers is to lean on all the research that can inform instruction: the research behind fluency and motivation, comprehension instruction, knowledge development, language development, and yes, the research that supports systematic phonics.
Lucy Calkins
Author/co-author of Teaching Writing Well and of Units of Study in Reading, Writing and Phonics, Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and The Reading & Writing Project at Mossflower, and the Robinson Professor of Literacy at Teachers College, Columbia University.
To learn more about Lucy’s work and ways to partner for professional development, visit mossflower.com.