Sold a Story
Sold a Story

Sold a Story

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Millions of kids can't read well. Scientists have known for decades how children learn to read but many schools are ignoring the research. They buy teacher training and books that are rooted in a disproven idea. Emily Hanford investigates four authors and a publishing company that have made millions selling this idea.

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10: The Details
APR 11, 2024
10: The Details
<p>Some of the teachers, students, parents and researchers we met in Sold a Story talk about the impact the podcast has had on their lives and in schools — and share some of their hopes and concerns about the “science of reading” movement. </p><br/><p><strong>Portraits: </strong><a href="https://www.apmreports.org/story/2024/04/11/theres-a-thoughtfulness-about-reading-in-the-country-today?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral" class="default">Zoe and Lee Gaul, Christine Cronin, Reid Lyon</a><br><strong>Email us: </strong><a href="mailto:[email protected]" class="default">[email protected]</a></p><br/><p><strong>Video: </strong><a href="https://seidenbergreading.net/2023/12/23/recorded-version-of-yale-talk/" class="default">Mark Seidenberg at Yale</a><br><strong>Article: </strong><a href="https://seidenbergreading.net/2023/03/31/about-the-science-in-the-science-of-reading/" class="default">Seidenberg on translating the science</a><br><strong>Article: </strong><a href="https://readinguniverse.org/article/explore-teaching-topics/big-picture/10-maxims-the-research-support" class="default">Lyon’s most important findings</a></p><br/><p><strong>Read:</strong> <a href="https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2024/04/11/sold-a-story-e10-the-details?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral" class="default">Transcript of this episode</a><br><strong>Donate:</strong> <a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story-sn" class="default">Support APM Reports</a><br><strong>More:</strong> <a href="https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral" class="default">soldastory.org</a></p><br/><p>Dive deeper into Sold a Story with a multi-part email series from host Emily Hanford. We’ll also keep you up to date on new episodes. Sign up at <a href="https://cloud.connect.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story" class="default">soldastory.org/extracredit</a>.</p>
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31 MIN
8: The Impact
MAY 18, 2023
8: The Impact
<p>Across the country, school districts are dropping textbooks, state legislatures are going so far as to ban teaching methods, and everyone, it seems, is talking about &quot;the science of reading.&quot; Things have been changing since Sold a Story was released. In this episode, we tell you about some of the changes and what we think about them. </p><br/><p><strong>Read: </strong><a href="https://www.apmreports.org/story/2023/05/18/legislators-reading-laws-sold-a-story?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral" class="default">Legislators look to change reading instruction</a><br><strong>More: </strong><a href="https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral" class="default">soldastory.org</a></p><br/><p><a href="https://support.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story-sn" class="default">Donate to support Sold a Story and other reporting from APM</a>.</p><br/><p><strong>EXTENDED READING</strong></p><br/><p><strong>Blog:</strong> <a href="https://seidenbergreading.net/2023/03/31/about-the-science-in-the-science-of-reading/" class="c-link">Seidenberg on translating research into practice</a><br><strong>Article:</strong> <a href="https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/trtr.2079" class="c-link">Goldenberg, Goldberg on premortem</a> (paywall) | <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23815778-premortem-sidebar-from-lessons-learned_-reading-wars-reading-first-and-a-way-forward-1" class="default">Excerpt</a></p><br/><p>Dive deeper into Sold a Story with a multi-part email series from host Emily Hanford. We’ll also keep you up to date on new episodes. Sign up at <a href="https://cloud.connect.americanpublicmedia.org/sold-a-story" class="default">soldastory.org/extracredit</a>.</p>
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24 MIN