Brad Buhrow

Brad Buhrow is a classroom teacher and author known for his work supporting inquiry-based learning and English language learners (ELLs). He has taught primary grades, including first, second, and fourth, working for many years with culturally and linguistically diverse students. His classroom practice blends comprehension instruction with ELL best practices, using inquiry as a pathway for literacy and content learning in areas such as science and social studies.

Buhrow is coauthor of Inquiry Illuminated: Researcher’s Workshop Across the Curriculum (with Anne Goudvis and Stephanie Harvey), Scaffolding The Comprehension Toolkit for English Language Learners: Previews and Extensions to Support Content Comprehension, Scaffolding The Primary Comprehension Toolkit for English Language Learners: Previews and Extensions to Support Content Comprehension, and Ladybugs, Tornadoes, and Swirling Galaxies: English Language Learners Discover Their World Through Inquiry (with Anne García). He is also a coauthor of Comprehension Going Forward and has appeared as a teacher participant in professional development video resources connected to Reading the World and The Primary Comprehension Toolkit.