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9: The Aftermath

9: The Aftermath

FromSold a Story


9: The Aftermath

FromSold a Story

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Apr 4, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Schools around the country are changing the way they teach reading. And that is having major consequences for people who sold the flawed theory we investigated in Sold a Story. But Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell are fighting back — and fighting to stay relevant. And so are organizations that promoted their work: The Reading Recovery Council of North America and the publisher, Heinemann.Read: Two universities stick with a discredited idea -  Transcript of this episode -  Donate to APM -  soldastory.org
Released:
Apr 4, 2024
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.