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An Atlantic magazine article on Lucy Calkins has only added to the confusion over reading instruction. Read more in Natalie's latest post on Minding the Gap, here.

Natalie is now on Bluesky, a social media platform. Find and follow her at @natwexler.bsky.social. She also posts on LinkedIn and (sometimes, for now) Twitter/X.

If we put all the research on writing together (including some that's not labeled that way), it reveals the potential power of writing to boost learning--and also why we haven't unlocked that power for many students. To find out more, read Natalie's recent post on Minding the Gap, here.

Get a sneak preview of Natalie's new book (coming in January) on this podcast with Justin Baeder of Principal Center Radio. Click here to listen.

Should we teach comprehension skills explicitly or just embed them in content? The answer might depend on whether the skill is "biologically primary"--like making an inference. For more, see Natalie's recent post on Minding the Gap, here.