Civil rights at stake: Black, Hispanic students blocked from class for missing class
The Sold A Story podcast
For more than a generation, children have been taught to read using the “three cueing system,” even though it was debunked by cognitive scientists decades ago. In this new American Public Media podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this approach and the company that sells their work.
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OPINION: Parents say enough with the strawmen, fix reading education based on the science
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