Elena (Helen) Aydarova

On October 29, 2020, I had an enormous privilege to give a keynote address to the Pennsylvania Association of Teacher Educators (PAC-TE). In this talk, I discussed how intermediary organizations and advocacy groups have engaged in promoting “science of reading” reforms across the nation. I offer this analysis as an invitation for teacher educators and educational researchers to consider how they could respond to the policy advocacy of external groups in order to reclaim the credibility and authority of the field.

I would love to hear your thoughts, questions, or suggestions, as I continue wrestling with these ideas.

Disrupting the Disruptors: Reimagining Policy Advocacy in a Post-Truth Era