Episodes

Andrea Bitner is a K-12 English language teacher, reading specialist, and passionate advocate for multilingual learners. With 26 years of experience, she supports students and teachers across multiple districts while also providing professional development nationally. Andrea is the author of two books about multilingual learners—Take Me Home and When Niagara Falls—and publishes a weekly newsletter, What's Your P.L.A.N., focused on practical strategies for supporting English learners and their fa...

Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld is a professor and author of over 30 books on multilingual education, including the Growing Language and Literacy series. Born and raised in Hungary, she grew up multilingually and has been an educator for over 25 years. Andrea is passionate about collaborative teaching models, asset-based approaches to multilingual education, and creating equitable learning environments where all students' linguistic and cultural resources are honored and utilized. In this episode, Dr. An...

Dr. Douglas Fisher is Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High & Middle College. He was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame in 2022. Doug has published extensively on leadership, reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design, including The Teaching Reading Playbook and his newly published book, The Courage to Learn: Building Risk-Ready Classrooms Where Students Thrive. In this conversation, Dr. ...

Maya Valencia Goodall is co-creator of OL&LA (Online Language and Literacy Academy), co-founder of Lingual Learning, and co-creator of Lexia English. She continues to shape the field of education as a leader in the design and enhancement of the Online Elementary Reading Academy at CORE Learning. Maya is dedicated to ensuring every student receives the literacy and language instruction they need and deserve, with a focus on bridging structured literacy and second language acquisition research. I...

Dr. Claude Goldenberg is Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, where he focused on promoting literacy development and academic achievement among English learners. He has taught from first grade through university level and now shares research-based knowledge through articles, blogs, podcasts, and webinars to help all students develop high levels of literacy in English and other languages. In this episode of Literacy Across Languages, Dr. Claude Goldenberg shares his extensive journey in ed...

Dr. Jana Echevarría is Professor Emerita at California State University, Long Beach, where she was selected as Outstanding Professor. She is co-creator of the SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) Model and a leading researcher in effective instruction for multilingual learners. Dr. Echevarría was inducted into the California Reading Hall of Fame in 2016 and has served as an expert on English learners for the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. She is also an author on ...