Issue 13: Will the Real Sight Word Please Stand Up? Dr Svetlana Cvetkovic Members Public

Dr Svetlana Cvetkovic clarifies the confusion around the term "sight word", explains how sight vocabularies develop, and sheds light on both optimal and nonoptimal instructional practices from a Structured Linguistic Literacy perspective.

Dr Svetlana Cvetkovic
Dr Svetlana Cvetkovic
Evidence Matters

Issue 13: My Journey Through Literacy Instruction | Amy Manning Members Public

Amy Manning describes her 24-year journey starting with balanced literacy in the early years of her career as a kindergarten teacher to discovering EBLI after setting on a mission to uncover everything there was to know about how a struggling reader learns to become proficient.

Amy Manning
Amy Manning
First Person

Issue 13: The Dystinct Journey of Nancy and Catie Dressel Members Public

The story of Nancy Dressel, a neurodiverse mum who desperately tried to seek help for her children's ongoing challenges with learning difficulties for over a decade. When help finally arrived in the form of a 3-day EBLI workshop, it ended up changing her life too.

Nancy Dressel
Nancy Dressel
Dystinct Journey

Issue 13: Journey to Structured Linguistic Literacy | Julie VanLier Members Public

Julie VanLier, a kindergarten teacher at a high-poverty school in Southwest Michigan, shares the story of how her class of 28 students went from "on track for reading failure" to 20 points above the goal when she made the switch from Balanced Literacy to EBLI.

Julie VanLier
Julie VanLier
First Person

Issue 13: How and Why a Structured Linguistic Literacy Approach Closes the Gap Quickly | Nora Chahbazi Members Public

Nora Chahbazi describes the logic underpinning the efficiency of the Structured Linguistic Literacy approach and demonstrates how it differs from the two other widely known approaches to reading instruction; Balanced Literacy and Traditional Phonics.

Nora Chabhazi
Nora Chabhazi
Evidence Matters

Issue 13: On a Mission | Nora Chahbazi Members Public

Nora Chahbazi recounts her journey of how she went from being a Neonatal ICU nurse to establishing EBLI and making teaching to read her life's work.

Nora Chabhazi
Nora Chabhazi
First Person

Issue 13: The Dystinct Journey of Flynn Eldridge Members Public

The story of how 10-year-old Flynn Eldridge has found his "bright" and "quirky" back after a rough start to school. His parents, Carrie and Anthony Eldridge reveal how they homeschool their neurodiverse children and support them in pursuing their passions.

Zahra Nawaz
Zahra Nawaz
Dystinct Journey

Issue 13: Journey to Structured Linguistic Literacy | Nicki Prati Members Public

Nicki Prati shares how Structured Linguistic Literacy helped lift the burden of cognitive overload and lightened the process of learning to read for her daughter, who spent years unsuccessfully trying to achieve mastery using various programs based on Print to Speech approaches.

Nicki Prati
Nicki Prati
First Person