We talk with Dr. Douglas Fisher and Dr. Matt Strader about executive functioning in the classroom. They explore what executive functioning skills are, how daily school demands can overwhelm some learners, and why it’s essential for teachers and parents to understand these challenges. This episode offers practical wisdom for supporting executive function development. Listen now to transform your understanding and response to students who struggle with organization, attention, and task completion.

Reading teachers chat about maximizing the learning impact of co-teaching. The conversation is centered around an article from Choice Literacy written by Franki Sibberson titled Aligning Curriculum with Struggling Readers in Mind. The article proposes that co-teachers must reflect and determine how their various teaching activities and strategies align into a cohesive instructional plan for the students, so that the readers can build transferable skills they can apply across the school-day.