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In this episode, Dr. Brown shares his thoughts regarding the recent politcal banter affecting education.
In the episode, Dr. Brown mentions the Standford study on Charter Schools. You can link to that study by clicking here.
There is also an excellen…

In this episode, Dr. Brown describes AVID and explores the importance and use of WICR.

In this long-awaited episode, Dr. Brown interviews Susan Jaksec, who is a Reading Coach. Mrs. Jaksec describes the role of a reading coach, offers insight into reading strategies and suggestions different resources for teachers.

In this episode, part of a series on Reading, Dr. Brown discusses the effective use of Word Walls and makes suggestions for different uses.

In this episode, part 4 of Reading, Dr. Brown talks about the importance of what is read, and the impact it can have on students. He references the autobiography of Dr. Ben Carson and his books Gifted Hands and THINK BIG.

In this episode, Dr. Brown talks about Balanced Literacy as a reading instruction program. He discusses the four components of balanced literacy: read a-louds, shared reading, independent reading and guided reading. Dr. Brown mentions books by two people: Cris Tovani is a reading instructor in Colorado. She has several books. Dr. Brown mentioned the following [...]

In this episode, Dr. Brown explores the importance of vocabulary development. He sites teh work of Dr. Isabel Beck, of the University of Pittsburgh, as well as a study by Cunningham and Stanovich in 1997. The ability to decode words is lost when the …

This is part 1 of a multi-episode focus on reading. In this episode, Dr. Brown focuses on the difference between reading to find information and reading to construct meaning. He also talks about reverse engineering a concept amp. Dr. Brown also encourages coaches and parents involved with basketball to check out Marvin Harvey’s Basketball School [...]

In this episode, Dr. Brown shares some of his experiences that are reinforced by Dr. Robert Marzano, concerning visually instruction.
Also, Dr. Brown announces the launch of the Marvin Harvey Basketball School of Excellence website and podcast, on whic…

In this episode, Dr. Brown shares from the book, Teaching as a Performing Art, written by Seymour Sarason, published by Teacher’s College Press. This book describes how teachers share many characteristics of actors. Dr. Brown also announces a new podcast show with Marvin Harvey, called Marvin Harvey Basketball School of Excellence. The podcast can be [...]

Dr. Brown further shares lessons from Marvin Harvey’s book, Seven Principles for Teaching Basketball. Dr. Brown shows how, though this book is intended for teachers of basketball, the lessons have direct application to the traditional core subje…

Dr. Brown continues to share from Marvin Harvey’s book Seven Principles for Teaching Basketball. The focus is on the stages of of learning.

In this episode, Dr. Brown reads from a manual for coaching basketball and relates the lesson too becoming more effective classroom teachers. The basketball manual was written by Marvin Harvey and can be purchassed at www. marvinharvey.com.