This podcast, Offered a Story, was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with authorization.
There’s a concept about how kids discover to check out that’s held sway in schools for more than a generation– although it was shown incorrect by cognitive researchers years earlier. Mentor approaches based upon this concept can make it harder for kids to discover how to check out.
In this brand-new American Public Media podcast, host Emily Hanford examines the prominent authors who promote this concept and the business that offers their work. It’s an exposé of how teachers concerned think in something that isn’t real and are now considering the repercussions– kids damaged, cash lost, an education system overthrew.
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Throughout the nation, school districts are dropping books, state legislatures are presuming regarding prohibit mentor approaches, and everybody, it appears, is discussing “the science of reading.” Things have actually been altering because Offered a Story was launched. In this benefit episode, we inform you about a few of the modifications and what we consider them.
Benefit Episode 2: The Effect
This podcast was produced by APM Reports and reprinted with authorization.