Main Stage: The Research-Practice Conversation: Understanding and Bridging the Divide

There is constant pressure to use research- and evidence-based practices when teaching reading and writing, but the findings of published research may not always provide obvious or straightforward answers to some of the most pressing questions about practice. Join us for a conversation between a teacher of literacy, and a literacy researcher as they explore and critical questions about the persistent divide between research and practice, the role of evidence in everyday instruction, and what research can and cannot tell us about effective practice.