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Sean Morrisey joins me to talk word mapping, vocabulary routines, morphology, spelling, retrieval practice, and how students build word knowledge that actually lasts. Listen here: educationrickshaw.com/2026/07/05/s...

S5E33: Sean Morrisey on Word Mapping, Vocabulary Routines, and Durable Word Knowledge

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell. In this episode, I’m joined by Sean Morrisey, creator of the Word Mapping Project, for a conversation about how students learn…

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How do students learn words? In the penultimate episode of this season, @smorrisey joins me to discuss the Word Mapping Project, vocabulary routines, morphology, retrieval practice, and durable word knowledge. Listen here: educationrickshaw.com/2026/07/05/s...

S5E33: Sean Morrisey on Word Mapping, Vocabulary Routines, and Durable Word Knowledge

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell. In this episode, I’m joined by Sean Morrisey, creator of the Word Mapping Project, for a conversation about how students learn…

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This year I was invited to speak at Alaska MTSS, which was obviously magical in January. I had the chance to sit down with organizer, Doug Gray, to answer some questions about teaching in the Alaskan bush. educationrickshaw.com/2026/07/03/s...

S5E32: Doug Gray on Alaskan Schools, Bush Teaching, and Better Systems for Students

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell. I’ve always been fascinated by what teaching looks like in remote and challenging contexts. That interest goes back to my own …

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What is it really like to teach in the Alaskan bush? In this episode, Doug Gray joins me to discuss remote schooling, community, and building better systems for students across Alaska. Listen here: educationrickshaw.com/2026/07/03/s...

S5E32: Doug Gray on Alaskan Schools, Bush Teaching, and Better Systems for Students

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell. I’ve always been fascinated by what teaching looks like in remote and challenging contexts. That interest goes back to my own …

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New episode about the pseudoscience of Facilitated Communication, and what it reveals about education’s relationship with research and evidence educationrickshaw.com/2026/06/15/s...

S5E31: Katharine Beals on Facilitated Communication and Educational Pseudoscience

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell. Education is filled with myths. Some are harmless. Others shape curriculum, teacher training, intervention programs, and the l…

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Education is full of myths. Facilitated communication may be the strangest: the belief that physical support from a facilitator could unlock hidden messages from cognitively disabled individuals. There was just one problem: it wasn’t true. educationrickshaw.com/2026/06/15/s...

S5E31: Katharine Beals on Facilitated Communication and Educational Pseudoscience

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell. Education is filled with myths. Some are harmless. Others shape curriculum, teacher training, intervention programs, and the l…

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In this episode, I’m joined by Sarah Oberle and Mitch Weathers, co-authors of Executive Functions for Every K–3 Classroom. Their work focuses on the cognitive processes that underlie successful learning. Wow, episode 30 already! educationrickshaw.com/2026/06/07/s...

S5E30: Sarah Oberle and Mitch Weathers on Executive Functions for K-3 Classrooms

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell. Executive functioning has become one of the most frequently discussed topics in education, yet it remains one of the most misu…

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In the current curriculum debates, everybody’s program is “field tested” - which is both false and highly non-transparent. Listen here to learn what goes into a legitimate, scientific field testing process that goes back to the 60s and 70s. zachgroshell.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/w...

What is the Role of Field Testing in Direct Instruction? with Owen Engelmann

Welcome back to The Direct Instruction Podcast — I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. If you’re new here, this show is about Big DI — Direct Instruction as a science of teaching. We look at real imple…

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Working Too Hard on the Wrong Things The problem with most instructional coaching and leadership schemes educationrickshaw.com/2026/05/26/w...

Working Too Hard on the Wrong Things

A new edition of one of the best books on instructional coaching is out. Here’s the foreword I contributed.It’s hard to say whether instructional coaching is in its infancy or in crisis…

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This episode is essential listening for anyone in instructional design or curriculum engineering. Direct Instruction’s field-testing process reveals what it actually takes to engineer programs that work reliably for students. zachgroshell.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/w...

What is the Role of Field Testing in Direct Instruction? with Owen Engelmann

Welcome back to The Direct Instruction Podcast — I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. If you’re new here, this show is about Big DI — Direct Instruction as a science of teaching. We look at real imple…

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This episode is important for those in the instructional design and curriculum space. By looking at Direct Instruction field testing, we can better understand how programs are refined, debugged, and engineered to produce reliable learning outcomes. zachgroshell.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/w...

What is the Role of Field Testing in Direct Instruction? with Owen Engelmann

Welcome back to The Direct Instruction Podcast — I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. If you’re new here, this show is about Big DI — Direct Instruction as a science of teaching. We look at real imple…

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This week’s episode: AJ Pettway educationrickshaw.com/2026/05/16/s...

S5E28: AJ Pettway on “Student-Centered Learning,” Instructional Coaching, and School Leadership

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell, and today we are talking about teaching, coaching, and the strange language of modern education. One phrase that comes up cons…

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This was a fun discussion, reminding me of some of the weird things schools I've worked at have tried in the name of "student-centered" learning educationrickshaw.com/2026/05/16/s...

S5E28: AJ Pettway on “Student-Centered Learning,” Instructional Coaching, and School Leadership

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell, and today we are talking about teaching, coaching, and the strange language of modern education. One phrase that comes up cons…

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What does truly student-centered learning even mean? Perhaps it’s about ensuring kids actually learn, using effective methods. Coaching, leadership, culture—it’s all here. 🎙️ educationrickshaw.com/2026/05/16/s...

S5E28: AJ Pettway on “Student-Centered Learning,” Instructional Coaching, and School Leadership

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell, and today we are talking about teaching, coaching, and the strange language of modern education. One phrase that comes up cons…

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Registration is now open for the Explicit Teaching Institute NYC 2026! Join me in New York City for 5 days of deep dives into the science of learning, explicit instruction, video study, and deliberate practice. No fluff. Just better teaching. 🎟️ educationrickshaw.com/2026/05/15/b...

Book your tickets for the Explicit Teaching Institute NYC 2026

Schools and districts that have caught the bug for Direct and Explicit Instruction know that meaningful implementation requires meaningful professional learning. Registration is now open for the Ex…

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This school has a fascinating combination of Montessori philosophy and mastery-based learning, which both reject age-based grouping and pacing. Students progress through demonstrated understanding — not seat time. educationrickshaw.com/2026/05/10/s...

S5E27: Matt Bateman and Laura Mazer set the record straight on Montessori

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell, and today we are talking about Montessori. I’ll admit, I came into this conversation skeptical. Most of what gets …

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In this episode, we discuss what Montessori actually said vs. what people imagine she said, and we work through the question of whether and how Montessori is compatible with explicit instruction. educationrickshaw.com/2026/05/10/s...

S5E27: Matt Bateman and Laura Mazer set the record straight on Montessori

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Zach Groshell, and today we are talking about Montessori. I’ll admit, I came into this conversation skeptical. Most of what gets …

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Jamey Peavler explains flexible achievement grouping for critical foundational skills in this fantastic episode educationrickshaw.com/2026/04/27/s...

S5E25: Jamey Peavler on Access vs. Exposure and Constrained vs. Unconstrained Skills

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show about the teacher-centered and the student-centered, the traditional and the progressive, in education. My guest today is Jamey Peavler, literacy lea…

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New episode on constrained versus unconstrained skills, and what Jamey calls “access versus exposure” to grade level content. educationrickshaw.com/2026/04/27/s...

S5E25: Jamey Peavler on Access vs. Exposure and Constrained vs. Unconstrained Skills

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show about the teacher-centered and the student-centered, the traditional and the progressive, in education. My guest today is Jamey Peavler, literacy lea…

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If you haven’t heard from Jamey you’re missing out on key insights from the implementation of the science of reading educationrickshaw.com/2026/04/27/s...

S5E25: Jamey Peavler on Access vs. Exposure and Constrained vs. Unconstrained Skills

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show about the teacher-centered and the student-centered, the traditional and the progressive, in education. My guest today is Jamey Peavler, literacy lea…

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🚨Hot off the presses 🚨 Jamey Peavler brings clarity to this distinction through the lens of constrained and unconstrained skills—a framework that has implications for instruction and teaching by skill level. educationrickshaw.com/2026/04/27/s...

S5E25: Jamey Peavler on Access vs. Exposure and Constrained vs. Unconstrained Skills

Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show about the teacher-centered and the student-centered, the traditional and the progressive, in education. My guest today is Jamey Peavler, literacy lea…

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