The Reading Instruction Show
Dr. Andy Johnson
Show overview
The Reading Instruction Show has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 337 episodes. That works out to roughly 85 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 26th season.
Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 9 min and 18 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 35 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2020, with 81 episodes published. Published by Dr. Andy Johnson.
From the publisher
The Reading Instruction Show is a podcast about reading instruction (and other things) with a little bit of attitude. There is plenty here to inform and entertain all. And, by the way, I'm not trying to sell any books. I don't have any curriculum or programs to market. I don't accept speaking fees. And, I don't ever want to be a consultant.
Latest Episodes
View all 337 episodesQuiet, Piggy: A Trumpian Response to Science of Reading Critics
Recognizing Words, the Three-Cueing System, and Identifying Words
How NAEP Created a Perpetual Reading Crisis
Reading and the Information Processing Model: Why Penguins Continue to Mishear What I Say
Little Timmy, Round-Robin Reading, and Kindly, Old Mrs. Peterson
Understanding Reading from a Neurological Perspective: The Basics
The Latest NCTQ Technical Report Does Not Meet Basic Academic Standards
My MAGA Friends Tell Me Not to Judge Them
Deconstructing Goldenberg's Science of Reading Propositions
National Reading Panel - Fluency
Reading Instruction, Whole Language, and a Flux Capacitor
Understanding Reading
Limitations of Brain Imaging Research for Reading Instruction
The Story of the Interantional Literacy Educators Coalition (ILEC)
Dr. Johnson is Vulgard, Common, and Shameful
Dr. Johnson is Not Very Smart
George Hruby presents After the Flood: Reading Instruction Post SoR
S26 Ep 18Minnesota, Reading Legislation, and Tarot Cards
In Minnesota our special reading law called The Read Act. The Read Act makes certain kinds of reading instruction mandatory and other kinds illegal. I will confess that during the last two years at Minnesota State University, Mankato, I’ve been teaching illegal reading instruction. Every day I expect masked READ agents to kick down my door, handcuff me, and drag me off to a LETRS training facility somewhere in Wyoming or Texas.
S26 Ep 17Living Your Values, MAGA, and Christianity
Prince of Peace. How’s that working out for you? How’s that peace thing going? I have to be honest, I don’t see a lot of peace coming out of my Jesus-loving MAGA friends. I see anger, hatred, retribution, violence, and lies. Peace on earth, goodwill toward men (and women and children and animal life and our planet). How’s that goodwill working out for you? Are you feeling it? Is your will good? Or is it selfish? Did I misread Luke? Did the angel say, “Selfish will to all”? I don’t see a lot of goodwill emanating from the Jesus-loving MAGA folks. I see greed, selfishness, violence, indifference, entitlement. I’m sorry. That’s what I’m seeing. And now I see war. And I see killing. And I see people being beat up and locked up. The Christian bible has policies about these sorts of things.
S26 Ep 16Trained Seals, Reading Instruction, and Educational Overlords
Effective teachers are reflective teachers (Sternberg & Williams, 2010; Zeichner & Liston, 2010). They think about what they’re doing, what they did, and what they’re going to do. There are two levels of reflection: surface level and deep meaning. Both are necessary. But one without the other is not sufficient.