Welcome to The Literacy Cookbook

     Sarah Tantillo, Ed.D., LLC (BIO)  

CLICK ON THE COVERS TO ORDER THESE BOOKS:

Sarah's interviews/videos:

1) Discussing The Literacy Cookbook and Literacy and the Common Core (with Jossey-Bass), CLICK HERE! 

2) Discussing her work (with The Daily Princetonian), CLICK HERE!

3) Discussing education reform and her work (with Jeanne Allen on "Reality Check with Jeanne Allen" podcast: CLICK HERE!

4) Discussing Using Grammar to Improve Writing, CLICK HERE!

5) Discussing education reform, her work, and Hit the Drum (with Michael Scotto on "Through the Glass" podcast: CLICK HERE!

6) Also, check out the TLC "Video Training" page!

FOR A LIST OF WORKSHOPS AND SERVICES, CLICK HERE!

CLIENTS HAVE INCLUDED:

• Abington Avenue School (Newark)
• Academy Charter High School (Lake Como)
• Bergen Arts and Science Charter School (Garfield)
• Bronx Charter School for the Arts (NY)
• Building Excellent Schools (Boston, MA)
• Camden's Promise Charter School (Camden)
• Center for Education Reform (DC)
• College Achieve Charter Schools (NJ)
• Connecticut Farms Elementary (Union)
• Drew University (NJ)
• Dr. E. Alma Flagg School (Newark)
• East Orange Community Charter School (East Orange)
• Fairfield Public Schools (NJ)
• Foundation Academy Charter School (Trenton)
• 4.0 Schools (New Orleans, LA)
• Franklin Public Schools
• Grand Concourse Academy CS (Bronx, NY)
• Great Oaks Legacy Charter School (Newark and NY)
• Greater Brunswick Charter School (New Brunswick)
• Haddonfield Public Schools (NJ)
• Harvest Prep School (Minneapolis, MN)
• HoLa Charter School (Hoboken)
• Hope Academy Charter School (Asbury Park)
• Hope Community Charter School (Camden)
• Invictus Prep Charter School (Brooklyn, NY)
• Jefferson Parish School District (New Orleans, LA)
• Juarez-Lincoln High School (La Joya, TX)
• Kean University (NJ)
• Kindle Education Charter School (Jersey City)
• Lady Liberty Academy Charter School (Newark)
• LEAP Academy Charter School (Camden)
• Learning Community Charter School (Jersey City)
• Madison Public Schools (NJ)
• Magnolia Public Schools (NJ)
• Malcolm X. Shabazz High School (Newark)
• Maple Shade Public Schools (NJ)
• Maria L. Varisco-Rogers Charter School (Newark)
• Marion P. Thomas Charter School (Newark)
• MATCH Charter High School (Boston, MA)
• National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA)
• New Horizons Community Charter School (Newark)
• NJ Public Charter Schools Association (NJ)
• NJ Principals and Supervisors Association (NJ)
• NY State Education Department (NY)
• NYC Center for Charter School Excellence (NY)
• Opportunity Charter School (NY)
• Our Lady of Guadelupe Middle School (Elizabeth)
• Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology (Paterson)
• Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities (Trenton)
• Peninsula Prep Charter School (NY)
• People's Prep Charter School (Newark)
• Philip's Academy Charter School (Newark)
• Plainfield Public Schools
• Pride Academy Charter School (East Orange)
• Queen City Academy Charter School (Plainfield)
• Red Bank Charter School
• Relay Graduate School of Education (formerly TeacherU/UKA)
• Robert Treat Academy Charter School (Newark)
• Rochester Academy Charter School (New York)
• Roseville Community CS (Newark)
• Seton Hall University (NJ)
• Soaring Heights Charter School (Jersey City)
• St. Mary's High School (Elizabeth)
• STRIVE Prep Charter Schools (Denver, CO)
• SUNY Charter Schools Institute (NY)
• Swallows Charter Academy (Pueblo West, CO)
• Tennessee Charter School Incubator (TN)
• Trenton Central High School (Trenton)
• Trevino Middle School (La Joya, TX)
• Unity Charter School (Morristown)
• University Academy Charter High School (Jersey City)
• University Heights Charter School (Newark)
• University Prep CS for Young Men (New York)
• University of Virginia-Darden School of Business/Curry School of Education (VA)
• Village Charter School (Trenton)
• West Denver Prep Charter School (Denver, CO)
• Wildwood Crest Memorial School (Wildwood)

UPCOMING and RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:

• 2023: NYCSA Conference: "How to Use A.I. Tools Effectively in the Classroom" (Oct. 19, Albany)
• 2022: Moderated panel on "Women in Charter School Leadership" at the NJ Public Charter Schools Gala (Oct. 26, New Brunswick).
• 2021: National Charter School Founders Library interview of Norman Atkins and Gloria Bonilla-Santiago (Oct. 21 via Zoom)
• 2019: National Charter School Institute event (July 2, Las Vegas), NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference (Oct. 15, Atlantic City)
  
• 2018: PARCC ELA Prep at NJPSA/FEA (Jan. 25, Monroe Twp); NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference (Oct. 11, Newark); Scholar Search Associates Educational Forum for Intellectually Curious Students (Oct. 27, Oak Knoll School in Summit)
• 2017: "A Book That Changed Your Life" (Princeton University Alumni-Faculty Forum, June 2), "Race Relations and Diversity: Impacts of Today's Political Climate on Vulnerable Children and Families" (Princeton University Alumni-Faculty Forum, June 2),  PARCC ELA Prep and Essential Literacy Work full-day session at NJPSA/FEA (Oct. 2, Monroe Twp.), NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference (Oct. 17, Newark)
• 2016: ASCD Annual Conference (April 4, Atlanta), NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference (May 25, Atlantic City), PARCC Prep Workshops at NJPSA/FEA (Oct. 5, Monroe Twp), Barnes & Noble Educator Event (Oct. 14, Paramus, NJ)
• 2015: Barnes & Noble Educator Event (Jan. 15, Springfield, NJ), NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference (March 30, Atlantic City), Barnes & Noble Educator Event (April 14, Eatontown, NJ), Barnes & Noble Educator Event (Oct. 13, Freehold, NJ), 2015 FEA/NJPSA/NJASCD Fall Conference (Oct. 22, Long Branch, NJ), 2015 IL Charter Schools Annual Conference (Oct. 26, Chicago)
• 2014: ASCD Annual Conference (March 17, Los Angeles), NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference  (April 7, Atlantic City), National Charter Schools Conference (June 30-July 2, Las Vegas); Barnes & Noble Educator Events (Oct. 13, Staten Island, NY; Oct. 14, Eatontown, NJ; Oct. 16, Clifton, NJ)
• 2013: NJCSA Annual Conference (April 15, Atlantic City), Barnes & Noble Educator Event (April 17, Springfield, NJ), Monmouth University School of Education Literacy Symposium (Oct. 18, West Long Branch, NJ), Northeast Charter Schools Network Annual Conference (Oct. 19, NYC), Conference on English Leadership Convention (Nov. 26, Boston)
• 2012: NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference, PA CSA Annual Conference (Oct., Lancaster), Barnes & Noble Educator Event (Oct., Eatontown, NJ), Newark Collaborates Summit (Oct., Newark), Conference on English Leadership Convention (Nov., Las Vegas), NJCSA DDI Workshop (Dec., Mercer Co. College)
• 2011: NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference
• 2010: National Charter Schools Conference (Chicago), NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference
• 2009: National Charter Schools Conference (DC), NJ Charter Schools Annual Conference
• 2008: NYCSA Annual Conference
• 2007: NACSA Annual Conference, CO League of Charter Schools Annual Conference

SARAH'S BLOGS:

"The Literacy Cookbook" blog

"Only Good Books" blog
 

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS:      

• "Are Your Kids Addicted to Social Media? This can help." NJ Education Report op-ed, July 12, 2023.
• "What Does the Teacher Shortage Mean for Students and School Leaders?" NJ Education Report op-ed, Aug. 31, 2022.
• "Excerpt: An Insider's Account of How the Charter School Idea Became a National Movement: Day One at New Jersey's North Star Academy,"--The 74, July 14, 2019
• "Three Things You May Not Know About Charter Schools," Education Post guest post, May 29, 2019.
• "Why Charters Have Not Faded" Rick Hess Straight Up Education Week blog guest post, May 10, 2019.
• "Why Aren't All Charter Schools Great?"  Rick Hess Straight Up Education Week blog guest post, May 8, 2019.
• “How Did Charter Schools Spread?” Rick Hess Straight Up Education Week blog guest post, May 6, 2019.
  
• "'Weeding Is Hard Work'--Charter School Authorizers and the Promise of Educational Excellence for All Kids"--The 74, excerpt from my upcoming book, HIT THE DRUM: An Insider's Account of How the Charter School Idea Became a National Movement, Dec. 3, 2017

MiddleWeb Guest Articles:

• "Writing: Let ChatGPT Create Your Exemplars: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, Aug. 8, 2023
• "Well-Designed 'Do Nows' Set the Pace for Learning: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, Jan. 15, 2019
• "Help Students Explain Their Ideas in Writing: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo with Bianca Licata, Dec. 10, 2018
• "Blending Grammar into Daily ELA Instruction: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, Oct. 31, 2018
• "Feedback That Saves Time, Improves Writing: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, September 17, 2018
• "Building SEL Skills to Lessen Summer Slide: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo and Meredith Murray, August 9, 2018
• "Techniques and Tools to Teach Vocabulary: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, August 1, 2018
• "We Can Teach Grammar Better Than This: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, July 4, 2018
• "Shared Reading Needs to Have a Clear Purpose: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, January 8, 2018
• "Teaching Students to Set a Purpose for Reading: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, April 23, 2017
• "17 Ideas to Help Combat Learned Helplessness: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, December 18, 2016
• "Tools to Teach Writers to Distinguish Evidence: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo with Jamison Fort, November 15, 2016
• "Nonfiction Writing: How to Build a Quote Sandwich: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, October 3, 2016
• "Paraphrasing Is Key to Deeper Comprehension: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, August 16, 2016
• "Teach Students to Write Strong Paragraphs: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, April 12, 2016
• "Tools to Help Writers Explain Good Evidence: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo with Jamison Fort, March 15, 2016
• "Help Student Writers Find the Best Evidence: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, February 23, 2016
• "What We Can Do When Kids Don't Write Clearly: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MIddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, November 3, 2015
• "The Gr-2 ELA Standard You May Need to Teach: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, October 6, 2015
• "12 Ways to Get Students Speaking and Listening: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, August 30, 2015
• "Unlock Learning by Improving Oral Fluency" A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, August 26, 2015
• "Sarah Tweaks Her Socratic Seminar Recipe: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, June 23, 2015
• "Characters Drive This Summer Reading Activity: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, April 1, 2015
• "PARCC Prep: Failure Can Help Us Focus: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, March 3, 2015
• "PARCC Prep: A Better Way to Teach Compare and Contrast: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, January 7, 2015
• "PARCC Prep: Literary Analysis Writing Task: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, December 16, 2014
• "Writing Good Objectives: Purpose Is Paramount: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, December 2, 2014
• "How to Avoid Kidnapping Your Students: A MIddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo. November 9, 2014
• "How Do We Select Books Students MUST Read?: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, July 20, 2014
• "Too Many Topics?  Try the DBQ Approach to Research Papers: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, May 13, 2014
• "How to Help Students Brainstorm and Organize an Essay: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, March 23, 2014
• "Seven Simple Steps to Better Student Writing: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, February 23, 2014
• "Skimming: The Overlooked Close Reading Skill: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, January 19, 2014
• "Tools to Unpack the ELA Common Core Standards: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, December 16, 2013 (re-posted 2-7-14)
• "The #1 Close Reading Skill: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, November 20, 2013
• "Socratic Seminars in the Middle: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, July 29, 2013
• "Common Core Trajectory Analysis: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, May 5, 2013
• "Teaching Argument vs. Evidence: A MiddleWeb Guest Article"--MiddleWeb, by Sarah Tantillo, Jan. 27, 2013

IN THE NEWS:

• "A Charter Member: An insider's look at the birth and growth of the charter school movement" Harvard Ed. magazine Summer 2020, by Lory Hough, published online on June 2, 2020
• "Sarah Tantillo '87 Charts the Rise of Charter Schools"--Princeton Alumni Weekly, by Alden Hunt, published online on Dec. 12, 2019.
• "Charting Charter Schools in New Book: LBI Native Writes An Insider's Account"--The Sandpaper, by Juliet Kaszas-Hoch, July 10, 2019: Vol. 45, No. 27, pp. 38 and 40.
• "Beating the Drum for Charter Schools"--Thomas B. Fordham Institute Flypaper, by Chester E. Finn, Jr, June 5, 2019.
• Book Review of Using Grammar to Improve Writing: Recipes for Action on the NJ Council of Teachers of English Blog, by Susan Chenelle, Sept. 10, 2018.
• "Newark Charter School Trailblazers Who Paved the Way Saluted at Conference"--TAPintoNewark, by Elana Knopp, Oct. 27, 2017
• "Q & A with Sarah Tantillo '87, Educator"--The Daily Princetonian, by Shriya Sekhsaria, June 6, 2017
• "Former Teacher Writes Book on 'Common Core' Standards"--The Sandpaper, by Kelley-Anne Essinger, Aug. 7, 2014
• "Cooking with the Common Core"--A MiddleWeb review of Literacy and the Common Core by Linda Biondi, Aug. 3, 2014
• Review of The Literacy Cookbook in the San Francisco Book Review, by Gretchen Wagner, April 16, 2013
• "Supporting Teachers with the Common Core"--School Leadership Briefing interview featuring Sarah Tantillo, March 2013
• "Good Recipes for ELA Classrooms" --A MiddleWeb review of The Literacy Cookbook by Linda Biondi, March 8, 2013
• "The Literacy Cookbook"-- Reading Without Limits blog post by Maddie Witter, Feb. 6, 2013
• "Teacher Shares Recipe for Literacy in Her 'Cookbook'"--Press of Atlantic City, by Michelle Brunetti Post, Feb. 3, 2013
• "Former SRHS Teacher Publishes Her First Book, The Literacy Cookbook"--The Sandpaper, by Kelley-Anne Essinger, Jan. 24, 2013

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact:

Sarah Tantillo, Ed.D., LLC
312-933-8593 (cell)
literacycookbook@gmail.com
Twitter @SarahTantillo