Sara.ai

Essays

On reading instruction, neurodiversity, and learning through play.

  1. Pitch2021

    Reading Instruction has an Efficacy Problem

    A startup pitch for Sara.ai Books

  2. Essay2018

    Neurodiversity and the Common Core State Standards

    An argument for modifying foundational reading standards to acknowledge neurodiversity

  3. Essay2017

    To Get More Children Reading, Let Them Experiment Through Play

    Why play-based approaches may close the efficacy gap in reading instruction

  4. Narrative2017

    Read to Me

    Chapter 1 — A personal narrative about reading to children

  5. Narrative2017

    What Are Words?

    Chapter 2 — On the nature of words and how children encounter them

  6. Reference2018

    Source Notes

    Biographical notes on researchers cited in these essays