Sold a Story: The Problem - Episode 1 ( Illuminating Journalism from American Public Media ) [View all]

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I got this recording from the U.S. Department of Education. They give a reading test every two years to a sample of kids.

Proficient reader: Most guide dogs are born at a kennel.

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This is Sold a Story, a podcast from APM Reports. I’ve got a lot to tell you in this podcast. But I’m going to tell you the answer to the question right now. Kids are not being taught how to read, because for decades teachers have been sold an idea about reading and how children learn to do it. And that idea is wrong. The people who have been selling this idea — I don’t have any reason to believe they thought it was wrong. I think they wanted what I think everyone wants. They wanted kids to learn how to read. They wanted kids to love reading. But they believed so deeply in their idea about how to do that that they somehow ignored or explained away a whole lot of evidence that showed the idea was wrong. And they went on to make a lot of money.
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2022/10/20/sold-a-story-e1-the-problem#transcript


This is a long and detailed account of our education system. I hope if you find it worthwhile you'll copy and paste it to an email for your elected representative.