Pam discusses common mistakes in how many students are taught reading and shares practical strategies for teachers to improve reading instructional methods. Whether you're a veteran educator, parent, or new to teaching, this episode is packed with practical advice and strategies to help you inspire your students to become lifelong readers.

Gentle parenting — which I define as an approach that centers kids' social-emotional needs — started off with the best of intentions, I believe. Anything that tells parents to pause and slow down is great. But lately, I've seen gentle parenting become co-opted by social media.

While disputes over the best ways to teach reading remain in the headlines, students are still struggling to achieve academic literacy. These debates have raged on for decades, but too often fail to include one key ingredient for truly and finally unlocking multifaceted literacy: the teaching of writing.