Megan Gierka
@MeganGierka
Research, translation, & implementation @AIMtoLearn @RecessChats • Educator on a mission to eradicate illiteracy • All views my own
Arkansas heard all about our latest project 🤫 Loved this week learning with my new friends @ArkansasEd!
I love Nebraska educators & I love my team! 💜
🚀 HEROES 2025 is officially underway! We were honored to join NE educators and leaders for a powerful day of learning, partnership, and momentum, all focused on helping elevate reading outcomes for every student. Special thanks to @NDE_Commish, Amy Rhone and Olivia Alberts…
James Baldwin on what reading can do for you: “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people…
Things Ts need to do their job, but are rarely given by their district* • pencils • pencil sharpener • chart paper • white board markers • planner • rug/carpet • center materials • crayons • books • bins *not an all-inclusive list & doesn’t represent every district
The topic of this piece has been top of mind for me and @MeganGierka. Sure we test how human like AI can be, but how do we test the impacts of how we use and interact with AI. Do we have frameworks to help guide our use and test if it’s advantageous.
Artificial-intelligence technologies are being deployed rapidly across industries, yet most organizations lack even basic guidelines to assess the tools’ effects go.nature.com/44XPeka
This article by Jacqueline Magee @NathanielRSwain & Kate O'Connor is superb. Really pulls together underlying issues of why knowledge-rich goes wrong when certain generic pedagogies (eg lesson structures, blanket approaches to retrieval prac) distort it. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Me and the brilliant @MeganGierka gave a sneak peek of our forthcoming paper on our expanded instructional hierarchy incorporating memory systems from the science of learning with implications for structured literacy and AI use. Part of presentations this week for the @ArkansasEd
Nothing like chatting reading research on the side of a cliff in the middle of a thunderstorm ☺️ @odegardtim Also... cue baby Tim 👀
It is slated for the first issue of 2026. But it will be available with open access online in a couple of months. We will be presenting with MaryAnne Wolf at IDA on this topic as part of a symposium.
✨ OPEN ACCESS ✨ "....the findings underscore the importance of considering the context of schools and classrooms when planning for implementation..."
New in Annals of Dyslexia @StephTatel and coauthors explore what helps and hinders the implementation of an early literacy screener. Part of a special collection on literacy legislation I'm co-editing with Colby Hall and Katy Kloberdanz. Open Access here doi.org/10.1007/s11881…
Incredible resource, thanks for sharing @BenisonMrs ☀️
Great news for those using UFLI, an Intervention Placement Test has been released. @UFLiteracy is really the gift that keeps on giving!!! You can also go to their toolbox page and scroll to the bottom to find it. In the meantime, here is a shortcut ufli.education.ufl.edu/wp-content/upl……
ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS EVER! @tiffanyphogan
Big news! 🎉 AIM is proud to announce 10 Early Reading Success Schools for 2025-2026, supporting 1,000+ K-1 learners in 60+ classrooms across the country. With a generous donation from the Raphael Family Foundation, this yearlong, fully funded initiative empowers educators to…
"Do you think the pilot was trained based on his own personal interests, or was he taught exactly what he needed to know by an expert so that he gets us safely to our destination?"