S5E24: Olivia Mullins on Content, Curriculum, and Coherence in Elementary Science Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I am you host, Zach Groshell. My guest today is Dr. Olivia Mullins, Founder and Executive Director of Science Delivered and lead developer of the Learning S…

Hands-on or minds-on in science? Olivia has great insights into how to keep labs cognitively engaging.

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S5E24: Olivia Mullins on Content, Curriculum, and Coherence in Elementary Science Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I am you host, Zach Groshell. My guest today is Dr. Olivia Mullins, Founder and Executive Director of Science Delivered and lead developer of the Learning S…

What does it really mean to "build knowledge" in elementary science?

@oliviajune82 joins me to talk content, curriculum, and coherence.

🎙️ S5E24, out now!

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Loved being on the podcast with Zach. We talked about my book briefly but mainly just had a great chat about several aspects of education. Do give it a listen if you have a chance ##Edusky

S5E23: Richard Wheadon on Teaching Learning Habits and Returning to the Classroom Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hachette Learning and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. My guest today is Richard Wheadon, author of the forthcoming book …

Teaching kids “how to learn” often drifts into nebulous woo woo, while failing to achieve that goal. In this episode, Richard Wheadon cuts through the noise and describes what it actually looks like to build real habits of learning. educationrickshaw.com/2026/03/28/s...

Join Me in Helping Inwood Academy Students Attend ResearchED Colombia I’m excited to be leading the Explicit Teaching Institute at Inwood Academy in New York City. Connected to that work is another opportunity that means a great deal to me. Inwood Academy, an inner c…

I invite you to support an opportunity that means a great deal to me.

I’m keynoting at ResearchED Colombia, and Inwood Academy is raising funds to help send students so they can participate in the conversation too!

Donate here:
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Registration Open for The Explicit Teaching Institute July 27-31 in New York City! Want to level up your teaching this summer? Join me in NYC for The Explicit Teaching Institute—a five-day deep dive into the science of learning and the highest-leverage moves in explicit instructi…

Join my week-long institute in New York City on the power of explicit instruction and cognitive science. Details and registration below.

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S5E23: Richard Wheadon on Teaching Learning Habits and Returning to the Classroom Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hachette Learning and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. My guest today is Richard Wheadon, author of the forthcoming book …

New episode! 🎙️ Richard Wheadon breaks down the actual habits that move learning—and why stepping back into the classroom changed everything.

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S5E23: Richard Wheadon on Teaching Learning Habits and Returning to the Classroom Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hachette Learning and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. My guest today is Richard Wheadon, author of the forthcoming book …

After 15 years in school leadership, Richard Wheadon walked away and went back to the classroom.

We talk about what he discovered and his new book on learning habits—grounded in cognitive science, not wishful thinking.

New episode 🎙️
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S5E22: Adam Robbins on the Challenge of Improving Teaching My name is Dr. Zach Groshell and welcome to my podcast! In this episode, I welcome Adam Robbins to Progressively Incorrect for a conversation about one of the biggest challenges in education: impro…

Adam Robbins cuts through the noise. Improving teaching isn’t about heroics, it’s about building the systems that make improvement possible. Loved this conversation.

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S5E22: Adam Robbins on the Challenge of Improving Teaching My name is Dr. Zach Groshell and welcome to my podcast! In this episode, I welcome Adam Robbins to Progressively Incorrect for a conversation about one of the biggest challenges in education: impro…

I sat down with Adam Robbins to dig into observations, feedback, coaching, PD, and the real tradeoffs behind school improvement.

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S5E21: Inwood Academy Pioneers the Science of Learning My name is Dr. Zach Groshell and welcome to my podcast! This season, I continue to explore the science of learning—especially what the work actually looks like when schools try to build their instr…

What strikes me about Inwood Academy is how ordinary the extraordinary looks when a school commits to the science of learning. Clarity, consistency, and care. educationrickshaw.com/2026/03/15/s...

S5E21: Inwood Academy Pioneers the Science of Learning My name is Dr. Zach Groshell and welcome to my podcast! This season, I continue to explore the science of learning—especially what the work actually looks like when schools try to build their instr…

I love this episode!

First half: leaders
Second half: teachers

A great school doing great things for kids!

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S5E21: Inwood Academy Pioneers the Science of Learning My name is Dr. Zach Groshell and welcome to my podcast! This season, I continue to explore the science of learning—especially what the work actually looks like when schools try to build their instr…

Inwood Academy for Leadership is a small network of charter schools that has been doing things differently. Hear from their leaders and teachers about their science of learning journey!

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S5E21: Inwood Academy on Pioneering the Science of Learning My name is Dr. Zach Groshell and welcome to my podcast! This season, I continue to explore the science of learning—especially what the work actually looks like when schools try to build their instr…

🚨Lighthouse school!

Inwood Academy for Leadership

An NYC school with real challenges, pioneering the science of learning in practice.

In this episode, we explore their journey and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. It's amazing.

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S5E20: Christopher Such on Action Steps for Reading and the Latest Literacy Debates Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hachette Learning and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. My guest today is Christopher Such, literacy expert, former primar…

Chris Such argues that we have got some things right and some things wrong in current discourse around early literacy and phonics instruction. Listen to the legend’s epic return in this fascinating podcast!

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S5E20: Christopher Such on Action Steps for Reading and the Latest Literacy Debates Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect, a show sponsored by John Catt from Hodder Education and hosted by me, Dr. Zach Groshell. My guest today is Christopher Such, literacy expert, former primary…

Christopher Such really nails it with this great explainer on what often gets skipped over in discussions about “escape velocity,” “too much phonics,” and “linguistic phonics.”

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S5E19: Leslie Laud on Writing Instruction and Self-Regulated Strategy Development Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. This season, I’ve been diving deeply into writing instruction — what the research actually says, where classroom practice …

Implementation is key! What does it take to layer writing into an existing reading program? When schools attempt to integrate writing across classrooms, what supports—coaching, leadership, materials, collaboration—matter most?

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S5E19: Leslie Laud on Writing Instruction and Self-Regulated Strategy Development Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. This season, I’ve been diving deeply into writing instruction — what the research actually says, where classroom practice …

Writing is one of the most cognitively demanding things we ask students to do, and yet instruction can vary dramatically from classroom to classroom. Check out the latest episode with writing instruction expert, Leslie Laud!

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What You Might Not Know About Project Follow Through People often ask me to talk about Project Follow Through, a landmark federally funded study that compared major approaches to teaching young children at scale. They tell me they enjoy hearing …

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Explicit Teaching Live Stream In case you missed it, here is a live podcast I did with Tim Cavey over on the show, Teachers on Fire, back in December. If you like what you heard, I’d love for you to come join me for the E…

A little primer on explicit instruction

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Glenn and Ian were glorious guests - if you haven’t heard of their CTTL, check it out!

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S5E18: Glenn Whitman and Ian Kelleher on Bridging Learning Science and Classroom Reality Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. In this episode, I sit down with Ian Kelleher and Glenn Whitman of the Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning (…

What I love about Glenn and Ian is they don’t treat ‘learning science’ as a magic wand. It’s a design discipline. A set of choices people must make every day. This episode is a reminder that the real work is in the implementation.

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S5E18: Glenn Whitman and Ian Kelleher on Bridging Learning Science and Classroom Reality Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. In this episode, I sit down with Ian Kelleher and Glenn Whitman of the Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning (…

Whitman & Kelleher remind us that the real challenge isn’t knowing the science—it’s building schools where that science actually lives in daily practice. Loved this conversation on turning research into reality.

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S5E18: Glenn Whitman and Ian Kelleher on Bridging Learning Science and Classroom Reality Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. In this episode, I sit down with Ian Kelleher and Glenn Whitman of the Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning (…

New episode: Glenn Whitman & Ian Kelleher show what it takes to bridge learning science and classroom reality. Less buzzwords, more usable practice. This is how research gets legs.

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S5E17: Femi Adeniran on Explicit Math Instruction and Coaching for Better Math Teaching Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. In this episode, I’m joined by the always fabulous, Femi Adeniran, to continue a conversation that started when I appeared…

New Today!

Femi Adeniran on Explicit Math Instruction and Coaching for Better Math Teaching

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S5E16: Scott Jackson on Summer Camp Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. In this episode, I’m joined by Scotty Jackson to talk about how summer camp can create the experiences—and build the kinds…

Take an old timey jaunt into the importance of the great American tradition of summer camp

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S5E16: Scott Jackson on Summer Camp Welcome back to Progressively Incorrect. I’m your host, Dr. Zach Groshell. In this episode, I’m joined by Scotty Jackson to talk about how summer camp can create the experiences—and build the kinds…

I've lately become a bit obsessed with how our schools intentionally design the culture, rituals, and values that help kids thrive and belong. This latest episode about Summer Camp - with my former boss! - is such a treat.

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Progressively Incorrect a podcast where I interview all the folks who have gravitated towards the light side of the force. And here is the latest episode about how constructivism has failed in education.

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S5E15: Barbara Oakley on Constructivism vs. Learning Science In this episode, I sit down with Barbara Oakley—engineer, bestselling author, and one of the most influential voices in the science of learning—to talk about why so much instruction still misses th…

Constructivism: success or failure?

Failure, says prominent learning scientist, Barbara Oakley!

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S5E15: Barbara Oakley on Constructivism vs. Learning Science In this episode, I sit down with Barbara Oakley—engineer, bestselling author, and one of the most influential voices in the science of learning—to talk about why so much instruction still misses th…

Add this to your listening list this week:

Barbara Oakley on Constructivism vs. Learning Science

Excellent conversation!

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