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    [RERELEASE] Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?

    [RERELEASE] Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?

    FromSold a Story

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    [RERELEASE] Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?

    FromSold a Story

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    Length:
    52 minutes
    Released:
    Mar 23, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Jack Silva had a problem. He was the chief academic officer of a school district in Pennsylvania, and more than 40% of the kids in his district were not proficient readers. He didn't know much about how kids learn to read, but he knew he had to figure it out. Originally published in September 2018, this documentary helped ignite a national conversation about the science of reading. Winner of an EWA Public Service Award.
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    Released:
    Mar 23, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    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.