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Posted inElementary to High School

Nixed textbooks, bans on faulty methods: How reading instruction is changing

by Emily Hanford May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

This podcast, Sold a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with permission. 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 […]

Posted inElementary to High School

‘He is not lazy. He is not stupid. He wasn’t taught to read’

by Emily Hanford May 11, 2023May 11, 2023
Posted inEarly Education

Why are some publishers still selling products that contain debunked ideas about reading instruction?

by Emily Hanford November 21, 2022November 21, 2022
Posted inNews

Why the author of reading instruction ‘bibles’ got her advice wrong

by Emily Hanford November 3, 2022November 9, 2022
Posted inElementary to High School

In the battle over reading instruction, a U.S. president faces off against influential authors

by Emily Hanford October 27, 2022October 27, 2022
Posted inEarly Education

The reading instruction pioneer who was wrong

by Emily Hanford October 20, 2022October 21, 2022
Posted inEarly Education

Sold a story: How teaching kids to read went so wrong 

by Emily Hanford October 20, 2022October 21, 2022
high school seniors
Posted inNews

Facing uncertain futures, high school seniors weigh tough college options and alternate paths

by Sabby Robinson May 14, 2020May 14, 2020
Gary B. v. Snyder
Posted inNews

In Gary B. v. Snyder, a federal court rules giving children a chance at literacy is a constitutional right

by Christopher Peak and Emily Hanford April 30, 2020April 30, 2020
education news
Posted inCoronavirus and Education

A few silver linings emerge in a dark time of closed schools

by Sabby Robinson April 23, 2020April 8, 2021

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