Episode 1 - Unlocking Literacy: Standards Misconceptions

In today’s pilot episode, Shannon Schultz and Ashley Yarbrough are diving into one of the central ideas behind Georgia’s new ELA standards—and one of the greatest challenges in bringing them to life: reducing literacy instruction to a checklist.

And that’s the myth they are tackling today. Because what’s happening in many schools right now is not just confusion—it’s oversimplification. People are looking at these standards and assuming this is just a small revision.