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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
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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
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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
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Issue 12: Where's Katy? One Mom's Journey from Fear to Freedom | Susan Beddingfield Members Public

Susan Beddingfield talks of her journey from fear to freedom as she learned to embrace her daughter's unique learning style and dyslexia diagnosis.

Susan Beddingfield
Susan Beddingfield
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