14: The Cuts

Education research is at a turning point in the United States. The Trump administration is slashing government funding for science and dismantling the Department of Education. We look at what the cuts mean for the science of reading — and the effort to get that science into schools.  Read: Trump cancels survey of high schoolers  Read: Nation’s Report Card at risk  Read: Lawsuit saves massive reading experiment  Read: Transcript of this episode Carolyn Riehl: Medical research and education research  Watch: The story behind Sold a Story Organize: Sold a Story discussion guides Support: Donate to APM Reports  Email us: [email protected]   Call us: (612) 888-7323 More: soldastory.org  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 soldastory.org/extracredit.