Learning MATTERS - Carla Chit Chats with Natalie Wexler

Описание: Join Carla and Natalie Wexler, as they explore the critical role of background knowledge in writing, the challenges of teaching writing effectively, and the need for a structured, knowledge-rich approach to developing students' writing skills.

Natalie Wexler:
Natalie Wexler is the author of Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning and The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System—and How to Fix It. She is the co-author, with Judith C. Hochman, of the first and second editions of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades. She has a free Substack newsletter, Minding the Gap, and she was the host of Season One of the Knowledge Matters Podcast (“Reading Comprehension Revisited”).

Natalie’s articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, 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’s On Point and 1A. Natalie holds a BA from Harvard University, an MA in history from the University of Sussex (UK), and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked as a reporter, a Supreme Court law clerk, a lawyer, and a legal historian. She lives in Washington, D.C.

More information is available on her website, www.nataliewexler.com.