"A fresh, innovative perspective on education."
Lisa has taught for 16 years in public elementary schools, as both a general and special education teacher. As an assistant professor at Florida State University and University of Louisiana Monroe, she taught reading methods courses which focused on early literacy, children’s literature, the diagnosis and correction of reading difficulties, and differentiated instruction. Lisa earned her PhD in curriculum and instruction from LSU. Her research has been in the areas of effective reading instruction and change in reading teacher education.
I was a conscientious high school student eager to impress my father with my academic prowess. When I shared with him the results from my performance on an algebra exam on which I earned a score of 98%, he jokingly asked “what happened to the other … [Read more...]
We process the sounds of our alphabetic language as we read and write. The three necessary phonological processing abilities are phonological awareness, phonological memory and the ability to retrieve auditory information from long term memory … [Read more...]
Lets face it. Many of us are waiting for some fairy tales to come true. For instance, we may be hoping to meet Prince Charming and live in his magnificent castle. However, nobody wants to walk down the street without clothes, even in our nightmares. … [Read more...]
