{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Better Teaching: Only Stuff That Works","title":"How Can Teachers Move From Balanced Literacy to Science-Based Reading Instruction?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3697,"description":"Virginia Quinn-Mooney — Better Teaching: Only Stuff That Works\nAbout This Episode\nIn this episode of Better Teaching: Only Stuff That Works, Gene Tavernetti talks with first-grade teacher and literacy advocate Virginia Quinn-Mooney about the Science of Reading, teacher learning, and the work of bringing research-backed instruction into classrooms. Virginia shares how the launch of Sold a Story helped prompt the Science of Reading Virtual Happy Hour, a community that connected teachers with influential literacy advocates and created space for honest professional learning.\nThe conversation explores classroom practice, teacher collaboration, advocacy, and the tension between evidence-informed instruction and the systems that resist meaningful change. Virginia and Gene return to a practical hope: teachers can model effective instruction every day and help more students experience the teaching they deserve.\nWhat You’ll Learn\nHow Sold a Story helped teachers begin reexamining literacy instruction.\nWhy teacher communities and honest conversation matter for professional learning.\nWhat Virginia learned from hosting the Science of Reading Virtual Happy Hour.\nHow classroom modeling and research-backed practice can influence students directly.\nWhy implementation depends on leadership, accountability, and follow-through.\nHow educators can keep working for better instruction even when systems move slowly.\nChapters\n00:00 — Welcome to Better Teaching\n01:05 — Introducing Virginia Quinn-Mooney\n05:00 — The impact of Sold a Story\n10:30 — Building the Science of Reading Virtual Happy Hour\n17:00 — Teacher learning, advocacy, and community\n25:00 — Bringing research-backed practice into classrooms\n34:00 — What effective modeling looks like every day\n43:00 — Systems, implementation, and the challenge of change\n52:00 — Hope, persistence, and doing better for students\n57:00 — Closing thoughts\nResources\nSold a Story\nGene Tavernetti and TESS Consulting Group\nAdded/created/modified by Codex...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VSXrwoUOSd2tDtIjeOHJdpEf8A1p87_Wq_-T3Iwockc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNmEx/NWNiM2YyNjE5MDRm/YmE5YzFiZDM3MGQ2/Mzg5Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}