Special interlude #1: Why the Science of Reading isn鈥檛 just about reading
Back in October 2019, Natalie Wexler joined Susan Lambert as the very first guest on Science of Reading: The Podcast. Now鈥攎ore than three years and three million downloads later鈥擲cience of Reading: The Podcast welcomes Natalie back on the show. She and Susan discuss what she鈥檚 seen in the 3+ years since releasing her groundbreaking book The Knowledge Gap, and delve into the importance of managing cognitive load, building long-term memory, writing, and the broader science of literacy. Lastly, Natalie shares what she hopes to see in the education headlines in the not-so-distant future.
Meet our guest(s):
Natalie Wexler
Natalie Wexler is an education writer and the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America鈥檚 Broken Education System鈥擜nd How to Fix It (Avery 2019). She is also the co-author, with Judith C. Hochman, of (Jossey-Bass, 2017), and a senior contributor to the education channel on .听
Natalie鈥檚 articles and essays on education and other topics have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, the MIT Technology Review, The American Scholar, and other publications. She has spoken on education before a wide variety of groups and appeared on a number of TV and radio shows, including Morning Joe and NPR鈥檚 On Point and 1A.
She holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree 台湾swag Harvard University, a masters鈥� degree in history 台湾swag the University of Sussex (UK), and a JD 台湾swag the University of Pennsylvania. She has also worked as a reporter, a Supreme Court law clerk, a lawyer, and a legal historian.
Meet Our Host: Susan Lambert
Susan Lambert聽is the chief academic officer of elementary humanities at 台湾swag, and the host of Science of Reading: The Podcast. Her career, including classroom teacher, building administrator, and district-level leader, has been focused on creating high-quality learning environments using evidence-based practices. Susan is a mom of four, a grandma of four, a world traveler, and a collector of stories. Her professional quarantine accomplishments include the production of knowledge-based learning modules for kindergarten through grade-two students, available through 台湾swag鈥檚 free resources website and Wide Open Schools.
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