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  • September 2025

  • Tue 16

    Understanding How Syntax Is the Backbone of Comprehension

    Featured September 16, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CDT Webinar Series
    Virtual Event

    Dr. Van Dyke served as a Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories for 22 years, where she investigated the cognitive and neural basis of how memory and syntactic processing interact during comprehension. Since Haskins’ reorganization in 2024, she holds appointments at Yale University, University of Connecticut, and the Yale-UConn Haskins Global Literacy Hub and is the Inventor and Chief Scientist at Cascade Reading, Inc. Her deep dedication to improving reading outcomes for all children is fueled daily by her experience as the parent of a child with Dyslexia, Developmental Language Disability, Dyscalculia, ADHD, and Autism.

  • Mon 22

    Literacy Across Languages: The Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners

    Featured September 22, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm CDT TRL IL Annual Conference
    Cicero Community Center 2250 S 49th Ave, Cicero, IL, United States

    Featured Speakers: Claude Goldenberg, Linda Cavazos, Phip Capin, & Ruslana Westerlund Doors open at 8:30, and the conference will begin at 9. Agenda: 9:00 - 9:00 - Welcome and introduction 9:10 - 10:00 - Claude Goldenberg: Literacy for English Learners: What’s “Reading Science” Got to Do with It? 10:00 - 10:10 - Break 10:10 - 11:00 - Linda Cavazos: Screening, Progress Monitoring, and Assessment for Multilingual Learners 11:00 - 12:00 - Lunch 12:00 - 12:50 - Ruslana Westerlund: A Language-Based Approach to Teaching Reading for Multilingual Learners Through Systemic Functional Linguistics 12:50 - 1:00 - Break 1:00 - 1:50 - Phil Capin: Teaching for All: Literacy Practices for Emergent Bilinguals that Benefit All Students 1:50 - 2:00 - Closing

  • October 2025

  • Thu 16

    Mental Models, Schema, and Making Meaning through the Science of Learning

    Featured October 16, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT Webinar Series
    Virtual Event

    Dr. Jim Heal

    Expert in Learning Science & School Leadership Author of 'How Teaching Happens' Transforming How We Teach & Learn. Dr. Jim Heal is a leading expert in the applied science of learning, bridging the worlds of research and practice to improve how people teach and learn.

  • November 2025

  • Thu 13

    (Em)Powering Up: When Research Drives Student Success

    Featured November 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CST Webinar Series
    Virtual Event

    Author: Powerful Classrooms: Evidence-informed Strategies & Resources; A Parents Guide to Powerful Teaching; Co-author (with Pooja Agarwal, PhD) Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning; Organizing Instruction and Study to Improve Student Learning

  • January 2026

  • Thu 8

    Memory Processing & Attention In the Classroom

    Featured January 8, 2026 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CST Webinar Series
    Virtual Event

    Veteran classroom teacher; author of Do I have Your Attention: Understanding Memory Constraints and Maximizing Learning and "The Effortful Educator" blog!

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