Emily Hanford introduces the first episode of her new podcast, Sold a Story.
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, 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.
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Offering sanctuary to vulnerable students
Keeping black teachers
Fear, uncertainty for undocumented students under Trump administration
College-educated and out-of-touch
Election leaves undocumented students in limbo
Clinton and Trump don't talk much about education
The stress of racism may impact learning
Talking about race in schools
Schools give low-income students a chance to travel abroad
What a flipped classroom looks like
A new study finds school readiness gaps have declined over the past decade
How thousands of kids were denied special education in Texas
Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars
What It Takes: Chasing Graduation at High-Poverty High Schools
Spare the Rod: Reforming School Discipline
Stuck at Square One: The Remedial Education Trap
Hungry hungry students
What is restorative justice?
A homeless student struggles towards graduation
The facts and fictions of student debt
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