S5-E1: The right to read: Lacey Robinson

Host Susan Lambert is joined by Lacey Robinson, CEO of UnboundEd, who opens the podcast by telling her personal story of learning to read and describing how literacy empowered her to pursue education reform. She emphasizes the responsibility that educational practitioners and leaders have and describes the literacy experiences of Black students. She also outlines what productive struggle should look like in the classroom, encouraging educators to enable more rigorous reading opportunities. Quotes: “Not everybody has to love to read. Everybody deserves the right to read." — Lacey Robinson “I would lose myself in books. I would wrap myself up in characters and lands and places. My mother told me that day that once they taught me how to read, nobody would ever be able to take that away.” —Lacey Robinson Show notes: GLEAM instruction UnboundEd Estimated timestamps* 1:00: Introduction: Who is Lacey Robinson? 10:00: Lacey Robinson's work at UnboundEd 18:00: Anti-bias toolkit 21:00: DEI and the Science of Reading 34:00: Equity at the center of design 38:00: Overcoming fear and shame 40:00: Gleam instructional framework 48:00: Rigorous and productive instruction 53:00: New things in the works for Lacey Robinson 57:00: Reflections on Lacey's younger self 59:00: Final thoughts *Timestamps are approximate, rounded to nearest minute