Interviews with Literacy Leaders
Nile Stanley's Interviews
 Interview
with David Harrison:
Bugs Inspire Playful Poetry
Florida Reading Quarterly,
Summer
2008
 Interview
with Rick Wormeli:
The Intrepid Teacher: Compassionate,
Witty and Wise
"Today's teacher needs to be 10% dog
and pony show and 90% high standards!"
Florida Reading Quarterly, Winter
2006/2007
 Interview
with John Archambault:
Making Words Sing is a Magical Thing
Teaching the Legacy of Bill Martin,
Jr. (1914-2004) and Beyond
"We must harness the power of music to
teach reading. Melody and song carry words along so that no
child gets left behind."
Florida Reading Quarterly, Summer,
2006
 Interview
with Joe Torgesen:
Reading Instruction with Sense and
Sensibility
"Respect for our profession will only
increase as we become more effective in dealing with the
instructional needs of all students. We [Reading First] are
simply asking teachers to follow instructional protocols that
have a basis in scientific evidence about reading growth and
reading instruction."
Florida Reading Quarterly, Winter 2004/2005
 Interview
with Jonathan Kozol Hold'en
Fast to the Dream of Equal Education
"I consider segregated education in a
democratic nation an abomination and I intend to keep on
saying this to my dying day."
Florida Reading Quarterly, Winter 2004
 Interview
with Lisa Delpit "If
teachers make judgments only according to the test being
inflicted on the children by the schools, then they can
misunderstand their children's brilliance."
Florida Reading Quarterly, December 2003
 Interview
with Nancy Doda
"Middle school needs to be as rigorous as
Harvard and as caring as kindergarten."
Florida Reading Quarterly, June 2002
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