Dr. Leslie Laud
@LeslieLaud
Teacher, Researcher, Bank Street College instructor, MGH-IHP WELL Team member
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-the-… “even if the direct economic value of being a good writer gets completely obliterated by technology, the general life value of being able to write will remain - there are still strong reasons to avoid the excessive use of generative AI in education.”
✅️Know better so you can do better! 👍🏽Science of Learning can inform educators better as they navigate the complex and dynamic environment of a classroom. ❓️Isn't that a good thing? 🤷♂️ 👉🏽Why is is so hard to convince folks about this? If we know better, we can do better!
K-2 teachers: Don’t miss the latest from @LindsayKemeny, diving deep into specific elements of her day, with minute-by-minute advice around arrival routines, phonics, close reading, writing, small groups/centers & read-alouds. P.S. I’ll be giving away a copy next week on Insta!
So important to embed phonics reinforcement (in addition to front-loaded explicit, systematic and explicit phonics/spelling instruction) when we model collaborative writing of the full writing process in front of students! 👏
Interactive writing = phonics + spelling in action. Slowing down to hear every sound strengthens encoding—even in K and beyond. 📖 The structure comes from my book, Teaching Writing in Small Groups. @heinemannpub
“Teaching would still be creative, responsive, and deeply human—but it would also be anchored in a growing body of knowledge about how learning happens.”
Hot off the press! New Substack Post. @C_Hendrick @P_A_Kirschner @greg_ashman @rastokke @JimHewittOISE @researchEDCan @researchED1 scienceoflearning.substack.com/p/beyond-belie…
Call for Presenters: researchED Atlantic Canada (Sat. Sept 25/25) featuring @amandavande1 #GeorgeGeorgiou @LeslieLaud @JamieMetsala @johnmighton is on the horizon & we are looking for proposals to complete the #rEDATCan25 program #NSed Follow the link: forms.gle/S4YgGYk9oS7gAZ…
Just Announced - researchED Atlantic Canada, Better Together, Sat Oct 25/25, Halifax, is now posted on Eventbrite & the @researchEd1 Calendar. Join Us for #rEDATCan25 @amandavande1 #GeorgeGeorgiou @LeslieLaud @JamieMetsala @johnmighton and many others eventbrite.ca/e/researched-a…
Don’t touch that thermostat 😂😂😂
This woman is hilarious! The “we do not care” menopause club!!
Announcing - Join Us at researchED Atlantic Canada (Sat. Oct 25/25) for "Better Together" featuring literacy experts Dr George Georgiou (U of Alberta) and Leslie Laud (thinkSRSD, Wellesley, MA) with Nova Scotia's own Dr. Jamie Metsala #cdned #NSed eventbrite.ca/e/researched-a…
What's New? A Shareable Poster for researchED Atlantic Canada, Better Together, (Sat. Oct 25, 2025)! Register today using the QR Code and spread the word far and wide. See you at #rEDATCan25 in late October. Ty to @amandavande1 #GeorgeGeorgiou @LeslieLaud and many others.
One of my new favorite books! I highly recommend this book for all school leaders!! awesome job @NateJoseph19
Announcement - researchED Atlantic Canada - "Better Together" (Sat. October 25, 2025) will feature @amandavande1 #GeorgeGeorgiou @LeslieLaud with @JamieMetsala @johnmighton and many others. Tickets are now available on Eventbrite #cdned #NSed #rEDATCan25 eventbrite.ca/e/researched-a…
“What protects children is not positive affirmations but coherent curricula, expert teaching, strong relationships and a culture that values academic success without fetishising it” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We’re prescribing breathing exercises to children drowning in anxiety, poverty and pressure, then blaming them when they don’t float. Schools can’t fix what society keeps breaking. NEW post on why breathing won’t save a broken system Link in reply
School Year 2025-2026 Premiere Aug 1st- Unlocking the Secrets of Execut... youtube.com/shorts/rd2TRDa… via @YouTube @LeslieLaud @FaithBorkowsky
🚘 Starting off our summer #ReadingRoadTrip with @LeslieLaud of @thinkSRSD! 🎧 Listen to the whole episode reading-roadtrip.castos.com/episodes/s4-e1… @thismomloves
Great start to the season of the Reading Road Trip podcast with @LeslieLaud and @thinkSRSD I’ve just started and could see the impact in just a few months. Better writing, more motivated students, and less educator workload. So many nuggets in this episode, take a listen!
🚗 Ep 1 is here! Kate kicks off Season 4 with @LeslieLaud of @thinkSRSD for a chat on transforming writing instruction from K to high school. Discover how this evidence-based approach is building confidence in classrooms, reducing teacher workload, and aligning beautifully with…
@thinkSRSD is the best writing PD. I used it in my grades 5/6 class and the gains were phenomenal. When I deliver PD, teachers are always blown away by what my students produced. Highly recommend that all Canadian schools train their teachers with this.
🚗 Ep 1 is here! Kate kicks off Season 4 with @LeslieLaud of @thinkSRSD for a chat on transforming writing instruction from K to high school. Discover how this evidence-based approach is building confidence in classrooms, reducing teacher workload, and aligning beautifully with…
FanTASTIC podcast for an early morn walk with this pup! MUST listen. I just shared my journey with thinkSRSD recently at a Kindergarten Connection meeting for my area and I KNOW this is going to spread. Thank you @thismomloves this is a fav episode I think 💕
🚗 Ep 1 is here! Kate kicks off Season 4 with @LeslieLaud of @thinkSRSD for a chat on transforming writing instruction from K to high school. Discover how this evidence-based approach is building confidence in classrooms, reducing teacher workload, and aligning beautifully with…
I am loving THIS book!!!!!! Congratulations to the brilliant author @NateJoseph19!!!!