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John Costello
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Father. Data nerd. PhD candidate, studying teacher retention. Video editor at Teach Like A Champion.
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NEW: We'll be talking Read Aloud (among other topics) at our Denver workshop. Check out this beautiful clip of various teachers reading aloud to their class and bring text to life!

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The Power of Read Aloud & Come See Us in Denver - Teach Like a Champion
In mid-March we’ll be in Denver leading a workshop on reading. The workshop will incorporate content for our new book, The Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading. One of the themes of t...
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February 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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We have systematically driven reading from the classroom to be replaced by YouTube clips and PowerPoint. The art of Interactive Read Aloud is something every teacher should master to put reading back at the heart of learning.
February 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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douglemov.bsky.social
Happy to say you can now pre-order the Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading.

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The Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading: Translating Research to Reignite Joy and Meaning in the Classroom
Amazon.com: The Teach Like a Champion Guide to the Science of Reading: Translating Research to Reignite Joy and Meaning in the Classroom: 9781394305995: Lemov, Doug, Driggs, Colleen, Woolway, Erica: Books
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February 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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douglemov.bsky.social
My latest effort at podcasting: An interview with the brilliant insightful & downright funny @tombennett71.bsky.social.

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Ep 51 | Shaping Behavior (with Tom Bennett)
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January 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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New meta-analysis: "Early numeracy does not merely serve as a steppingstone with temporary effects on foundational mathematics; instead, it likely triggers a snowballing effect, cumulatively influencing mathematics development over time" psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-...
January 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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@douglemov.bsky.social with some wonderful words about my book:

"Readers will quickly grasp both how thinking works, and how to use that knowledge on Monday morning when they walk into the classroom.”

Preorder here:
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#edusky
“Thank goodness for this book. Blake Harvard’s topic–the basic functions of human cognition–is quite literally the most important body of knowledge for any teacher to know in order to design and adapt instruction for students. Here Harvard described the critical need to shape student attention, the power (but also limitations) of working memory, the critical role of long-term memory, and the necessity of retrieval practice to help students access it. But Harvard adds to that the wisdom of a practicing teacher so readers can understand not just the theory but the practice—the pitfalls and the choke points, as Harvard calls them. Readers will quickly grasp both how thinking works, and how to use that knowledge on Monday morning when they walk into the classroom.” –Doug Lemov, author of Teach Like A Champion
December 11, 2024 at 2:54 PM
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Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
November 29, 2024 at 8:08 AM
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helenrey.bsky.social
Love this... like I tell the kiddos, the goal is automaticity of as many things as possible, freeing you up to think about the other important stuff.

Brilliant.

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November 28, 2024 at 10:46 PM
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douglemov.bsky.social
We Wire How We Fire: An excerpt on Attention from our forthcoming book on reading:
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We Wire How We Fire: An Excerpt on Attention from Our Forthcoming Book on Reading - Teach Like a Champion
This week I’ve been posting excerpts from the forthcoming book on reading I’ve been writing with Colleen Driggs and Erica Woolway–it’s tentatively going to be called The Teach Like a Champion Guide to...
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November 15, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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liebeschuetz.bsky.social
Reading The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Teachers which led me to Teach Like a Champion and Why Don’t Students Like School? Those three books utterly changed my understanding of what is the most effective teaching and why is it the most effective.
September 24, 2024 at 9:28 PM