Reading, Leveled Lives: How Students' Reading Achievement Has Been Held Back and What We Can Do About It (2025), Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and literacy expert Timothy Shanahan details the drawbacks of leveled reading and argues that teachers should instead teach students using grade-le

oom: A Sexual Communication Workshop. Down-to-earth tips and ideas on how to communicate clearly about sex. This workshop was originally requested by the University of Illinois at Chicago, but I've given versions of it at other venues as well. It was one of the first workshops I ever designed, and I'm currently working on streamlining