[BONUS 2] The Impact
Across the country, school districts are dropping textbooks, state legislatures are going so far as to ban teaching methods, and everyone, it seems, i...
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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.
[BONUS 1] Your Words
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[GUEST EPISODE] Brains On: How Do We Learn to Read — and Why is It Hard?
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[RERELEASE] What the Words Say
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