Stephanie Burdick-Shepherd and Joy Dangora Erickson join Cara and Derek to talk about reading and how to teach it, and about why taking sides in a pitched methodological battle is unlikely to produce the kind of results that kids and parents and teachers would want to see.
For more of Joy's work, and especially her new book, Reading Motivation, check out her website.
And for more of Stephanie's work, see her thinking on reading and childhood.
Music credit: "Sparks of Genius," by PantheonMusic
Here is the episode transcript.