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What if a change in classroom practice could lead to change in reading outcomes?

What should reading instruction include to ensure all students have the opportunity to succeed?

What does cognitive science tell us about learning to read and why aren't those learnings

applied in our classrooms?

Welcome to Science of Reading the podcast.

I'm your host, Susan Lambert from Amplify Education.

Join us every two weeks as we talk with science of reading

experts to explore what it takes to transform our classrooms and develop confident and capable readers.

In today's episode, we continue our conversation about the importance of background knowledge with our guest Robert Pondasio.

Robert talks about his classroom experience and how it led him on a quest for reform.

All right. Well, hello, Robert. Thank you so much for joining us today.

You have been involved in so many different conversations about education and education reform

and we're here to talk about your point of view about helping students build background knowledge

but what i'd really like for you to start with is talk to us a little bit about how you ended up in

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