Natalie's new book is out! It's called
Beyond the Science of Reading: Connecting Literacy Instruction to the Science of Learning. Click
here to order from the publisher or
here to order from Amazon. For a preview of what's in the book, click
here to read a recent post on her Substack, Minding the Gap, or
here to read a summary on ASCD's blog.
Natalie will be discussing her book Beyond the Science of Reading with Marnie Ginsberg on Feburary 17 at 7 p.m. Eastern in a free webinar. Register
here.
Holly Korbey interviewed Natalie about her new book for Korbey's Substack, The Bell Ringer. Watch the interview
here.
Natalie will be presenting on the connections between literacy and the science of learning at the researchED conference in New York City on March 29th, along with a host of terrific speakers on teaching and cognitive science. For more information, click
here.
The NAEP reading test purports to measure comprehension, not decoding. So why is the media commentary on recent scores all about phonics? Read more in Natalie's recent Substack post,
here. And if you'd like to hear about some ways to make the NAEP more useful, read Natalie's latest post
here.
Click
here to read an excerpt from Natalie's book published in Education Next, titled "Want Better Teaching? Get Better Curricula."
The74's Greg Toppo interviewed Natalie about her new book. Read the interview
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.
