What the current literacy landscape conversation is missing, and why the most important question is the one nobody is asking.
As a literacy coach, you don’t start with literacy. You begin by building the classroom conditions that allow literacy learning to grow taller than a redwood.
What most schools don't have is a shared answer to this question. The answer is here.
What every curriculum assumes teachers already know and why this skill is the foundation that makes any program work.
Five forces shaping classrooms today and why strengthening teaching craft matters more than another initiative.
A simple visual map that reveals how whole group, independence, and responsive teaching fit together across a day.
Why independence was always the real work and how that structure transfers far beyond literacy.

In my third-grade classroom, I kept asking one question: "What are the rest of the students doing while I meet with a student one-on-one?"
That question led to co-creating Daily 5 (and then CAFE and Prepared Classroom), and to a lifetime of helping teachers make independence teachable.
My mission is simple: help teachers see the structure of great teaching, so classrooms feel purposeful and built to last.
Every Friday, we send a teacher-to-teacher story for teachers who care about their craft. You'll get one insight, one reflection, and a free classroom-ready resource.