4-2-2026 Beyond “Just-Right” Books: Teaching Students to Read Complex Text Live & Recorded Webinar 4-5:30 PM EST

Presenter Bio: 

Timothy Shanahan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chi­cago. Previously, he was director of reading for the Chicago Public Schools, and Visiting Research Professor at Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is author/editor of more than 300 publications including the book, Leveled Reading, Leveled Lives(Harvard Education Press, 2025). His research emphasizes the connections between learning to read and learning to write, literacy in the disciplines, and improvement of reading achievement. He is recognized as one of the top 2% of scientists in the world, according to a study published by Stanford University scholars (Ioannidis, Boyack, & Baas, 2020). He is past president of the International Literacy Association and served on the Advisory Board of the National Institute for Literacy under Presidents George W Bush and Barack Obama. He took a leadership role in the work of the National Reading Panel. Dr. Shanahan was inducted to the Reading Hall of Fame in 2007 and is a former first-grade teacher. For more information: www.shanahanonliteracy.com

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