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6: The Reckoning

6: The Reckoning

FromSold a Story


6: The Reckoning

FromSold a Story

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Nov 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Lucy Calkins says she has learned from the science of reading. She’s revised her materials. Fountas and Pinnell have not revised theirs. Their publisher, Heinemann, is still selling some products that contain debunked practices. Parents, teachers and lawmakers want answers. In our final episode, we try to get some answers. 
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Released:
Nov 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (17)

There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It's an exposé of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.