The Literacy View
The Literacy View podcast is dedicated to providing educators and parents with Breaking News and cutting-edge research in literacy instruction. Nicknamed by one of their listeners as the “Spice Girls of Literacy,” Faith ...
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- Zaretta Hammond2 eps
- Lynn Gaffney2 eps
- Jim Heal2 eps
Also: Sean Morrisey, Wiley Blevins, Reid Lyon, Nell Duke
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- 🇺🇸United States · CoursesHOME#4473K to 385K
- 🇲🇽Mexico · Courses#93663 to 3.5K
- 🇰🇷South Korea · Courses#97350 to 1.9K
- 🇦🇪AE · Courses#56197 to 1.0K
- 🇨🇦Canada · Courses#187166 to 879
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74K to 394K🎙 Sporadic cadence·174 episodes·Last published 1w ago - Monthly Reach
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74K to 394K🇺🇸98%🇲🇽1% - Active Followers
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30K to 158K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/13/26 |  New Curriculum, Same Scores: Did Your District Just Waste Millions? | New Curriculum, Same Scores: Did Your District Just Waste Millions? with Dr. Shawn Datchuk | October 11, 2026 ▶️ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ue4vljZJNfw Districts are spending millions on shiny new reading programs. So why are so many scores stuck? Shawn Datchuk, professor of special education at the University of Iowa and former director of the Iowa Reading Research Center, helps schools choose reading materials. Teachers keep asking him the same question: will any of these actually ... | 45m 15s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 |  Dyslexia Awareness-Live Panel-Film Screening “Let Us Read” | Ep.175 Send us Fan Mail Official Sponsor of this episode!🎉👏🏻 Decodify is a supplemental, structured literacy toolkit that allows for reading practice in an engaging, purposeful, and educational format. It helps students unlock the code and own the word. For an exclusive 5 % discount on your decodify purchase email [email protected] Decodify Website:https://www.decodifylearning.com/ Work or Partner with Judy and The Literacy View Email: [email protected] Phone: (917)207-76... | 39m 23s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 |  The HOW: Building Knowledge That Makes Readers Stronger | Daniel Willingham | Ep.174 The How: Building Knowledge That Makes Readers Stronger (with Daniel Willingham) Hey, no BS besties. Decoding gets kids in the door, but it doesn't carry them through a text. Comprehension depends on what readers already know about the world, and that knowledge doesn't build itself. In this episode, I'm joined by Daniel Willingham, cognitive psychologist at the University of Virginia and author of The Reading Mind and Why Don't Students Like School? Last time we dug into the research b... | 37m 00s | ||||||
| 9/19/26 |  Rediscovering Knowledge as the Key to Reading with Daniel Willingham: The Why | Rediscovering Knowledge as the Key to Reading with Daniel Willingham: The Why Ep.173 Value For years, comprehension instruction leaned almost entirely on skills and strategies. Strategies have a place, but they can't do the heavy lifting alone. In this episode, I sit down with cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham to dig into the why behind "Rediscovering Knowledge as the Key to Reading," the Education Next article he wrote with E. D. Hirsch Jr. We talk about why kids can decode every word ... | 49m 44s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 |  Spelling “The How” and Practical Tips With Sean Morrisey | Ep.172 Value Spelling often gets squeezed out of the literacy block, treated as a Friday list test or handed off to spell-check. In this episode, I'm joined by Sean Morrisey, fifth grade teacher, former school psychologist, and creator of The Word Mapping Project, to break down Timothy Shanahan's article on the essential fundamentals of spelling instruction. The article pulls together advice from five leading word experts: Donald Bear, Peter Bowers, Richard Gentry, Steve Graham, and Louisa Mo... | 46m 07s | ||||||
| 9/8/26 | spelling instructionphonics+3 | Sean Morrisey | — | — | spellinginstruction+6 | — | 46m 01s | ||
| 6/16/26 | phonics instructionsmall-group instruction+3 | Wiley Blevins | — | — | phonicssmall-group instruction+4 | — | 1h 16m 20s | ||
| 5/19/26 | student engagementcognitive work+3 | Zaretta Hammond | — | — | engagementrigor+4 | — | 41m 39s | ||
| 5/12/26 | school initiativeseducation reform+3 | Lynn Gaffney | The Literacy View | — | school initiativeseducation+3 | — | 21m 43s | ||
| 5/5/26 | educationscience of learning+3 | Jim Heal | ResearchED | — | schoolseducation+3 | — | 46m 24s | ||
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| 4/29/26 | professional developmenteducation initiatives+3 | Lynn GaffneyZaretta Hammond+1 | researchED | NYC | professional developmenteducation+5 | — | 49m 33s | ||
| 4/28/26 | structured literacyreading practice+3 | Reid Lyon | DecodifyThe Literacy View | — | structured literacyreading toolkit+3 | — | 1h 00m 27s | ||
| 4/21/26 | reading instructioncontroversial education methods+3 | — | Hechinger ReportASU | — | reading instructionScience of Reading+5 | — | 1h 12m 51s | ||
| 3/30/26 | foundational skillsscience of learning+5 | — | — | — | foundationslearning+8 | — | 58m 52s | ||
| 3/24/26 | small group instructionliteracy instruction+3 | Nell Duke | — | — | small group readingliteracy+5 | — | 1h 11m 58s | ||
| 3/17/26 |  Are screens helping kids learn…or creating new problems? | Ep.161 🔥 Value If you are questioning whether screens are helping or hurting your students or your own kids, this episode gives you clarity. We break down what screens may be doing to attention, language, and learning, and what actually matters in real classrooms and homes. You will walk away with concrete things to think about, discuss, and watch for. 🔥 Promise This episode will challenge you to think more carefully about screen use and consider how it may be affecting kids in ways we cann... | 1h 09m 39s | ||||||
| 3/10/26 |  Teacher Talk and Language Development: What Do You Think the Evidence Shows? | Ep.160 Does Teacher Talk Really Matter? What the Evidence Shows with Dr. Yan Jiang In this episode of The Literacy View, we sit down with Dr. Yan Jiang, Postdoctoral Scholar at the Stanford Center on Early Childhood and coauthor of a major meta analysis published in Review of Educational Research. Her study analyzes more than one hundred studies examining the relationship between teachers’ language practices and children’s language development from preschool through third grade. There is grow... | 1h 02m 48s | ||||||
| 3/3/26 |  The Hard Truths and Persistent Myths Every Educator Must Know About the Science of Reading Featuring the Lion of Literacy Dr. Reid Lyon | Value In this episode with Reid Lyon, we go straight to the source of the modern reading research movement. You hear firsthand what the research actually revealed about how children learn to read, where implementation has gone wrong, and why misunderstanding the science continues to create confusion in classrooms. This is not secondhand interpretation. It is direct insight into the evidence, the history behind it, and the consequences of getting it wrong. You walk away with deeper clarity abo... | 1h 14m 22s | ||||||
| 2/17/26 |  The Literacy View Valentine’s Pop Up LIVE | Ep.158 Value: In this Valentine’s Pop-Up LIVE, we share the quotes that made us think, pause, and remember why this work matters. You’ll hear powerful moments from episodes across the year, honest reflections from our community, and the conversations that define The Literacy View. Promise: You will leave re-energized and grounded in your purpose, reminded that this literacy work is bigger than trends and bigger than programs. No curriculum sponsors. Just unfiltered, unafraid, unbiased conve... | 57m 53s | ||||||
| 2/10/26 |  Is Linguistic Phonics the New Gold Standard in Structured Literacy? | Ep.157 Value A clear explanation of Linguistic Phonics and how this approach teaches reading through the direct connection between spoken sounds and written spellings. You’ll see how focusing on a small set of sounds and spellings at a time, and using them repeatedly in reading and spelling, helps learning stick. Promise You’ll leave knowing exactly how this approach works in practice and how to use it to teach more efficiently without lowering expectations. The goal is faster progress, stron... | 1h 15m 24s | ||||||
| 2/3/26 |  Phonics Was Supposed to Fix This. So Why Are So Many Kids Still Struggling? | Dominic Wyse | EP.156🌶️ Value: This episode breaks down the article everyone’s talking about and asks the hard question it raises: If synthetic phonics has been mandated for years, why haven’t outcomes for struggling readers changed? We talk directly with Dominic Wyse about the research, the data, and what gets lost when literacy policy becomes rigid instead of responsive. Promise: You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of what the research actually says, where policy oversimplifies reading instruc... | 1h 18m 43s | ||||||
| 1/27/26 |  Overteaching or Overreacting? Mark Seidenberg Lights a Match." | Ep. 155 We had a surprise guest: Mark Seidenberg!🙌🏻 💜 Value & Promise In this episode, educators are invited into a research conversation that is still unfolding. You’ll hear Mark Seidenberg discuss his latest article while educators engage in real time with questions, reactions, and pushback. This episode offers • A window into how researchers think aloud as ideas are examined, questioned, and clarified • Space to sit with uncertainty rather than rushing to conclusions • Insight into the... | 1h 14m 39s | ||||||
| 1/20/26 |  Why Almost Everyone Is Wrong About Curriculum | Greg Ashman | Ep. 154 Value Cuts through the curriculum noise by explaining why so many debates miss what actually drives reading comprehension. Clarifies how curriculum, instruction, strategies, and prior knowledge interact so educators can think more clearly about what really supports understanding. Promise Listeners will leave with sharper language to explain what’s broken in common curriculum conversations, a clearer picture of why comprehension succeeds or fails, and a more grounded way to evaluate ... | 1h 09m 21s | ||||||
| 1/13/26 |  A No-BS Conversation Calling Out Sloppy Literacy Language | Value Sloppy literacy language is everywhere and it is costing teachers clarity, confidence, and credibility. When words lose their meaning, instruction suffers. Promise This Breaking News episode gets brutally clear. You will leave knowing exactly what Science of Reading, Structured Literacy, phonics, curriculum, and program actually mean so you can cut through the noise, shut down misinformation, and make decisions grounded in evidence rather than buzzwords. Article Discussed:https://sh... | 1h 10m 15s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 |  Structured Literacy vs. Balanced Literacy: What the Research Really Says (The Verdict You Can’t Miss) | Episode: 152 Structured Literacy vs. Balanced Literacy: What the Research Really Says (The Verdict You Can’t Miss) Research: https://share.google/Xz1J9wiFEjrOo8O8i Nathaniel Hansford Bio:https://share.google/pbTnMqtKGOwSvdg8k Kathryn Garforth Bio:https://share.google/RaPZEL2bXHRZXjTEG Value This episode delivers the research backed justification for a structured literacy approach. If you have ever questioned your instructional decisions or needed clear proof to share with administration, this... | 1h 01m 56s | ||||||
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Chart history for The Literacy View
Peaked at #44 in United States, currently #44 in United States.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
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| United States | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| AE | — | #56 | #56 | — |
| Ireland | — | #80 | #80 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #82 | #82 | — |
| Mexico | — | #93 | #93 | — |
| South Korea | — | #97 | #97 | — |
| CL | — | #138 | #138 | — |
| PT | — | #171 | #171 | — |
| Canada | — | #187 | #187 | — |
Chart Positions
9 placements across 9 markets.
Chart Positions
9 placements across 9 markets.