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Sold a Story
APM Reports
S2 E3: The Forgotten Experiment
OCT 22, 202631 MIN
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Description
Zig Engelmann gets the chance of a lifetime: Put Direct Instruction to the test in one of the largest education experiments ever conducted. The results could have changed the direction of American education. Instead, they’re contested — and ultimately cast aside.
Read: Why America’s massive educational experiment didn’t transform schools
Read: The forgotten voices of Project Follow Through
Video: The biggest education experiment you’ve never heard of
Read: Transcript of this episode
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