Education Next - A Journal of Opinion and Research About Education PolicyReading’s Thin Line Between Difficult and Boring
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.educationnext.org/readings-thin-line-between-difficult-and-boring/
Trevor BurrowsFor anyone who teaches, or is interested in literacy issues, you might check out this article on dyslexia and its relationship to debates about reading instruction:
Dyslexia and the Reading Wars | The New Yorker - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/29/dyslexia-and-the-reading-wars
(sorry that it is behind a paywall, if anyone can't access but really wants a copy, DM me)
Sara Hjelm
Jim | EntwiningThe podcast Sold a Story is a startling look at #ReadingInstruction in the US. As #Educators, we need to believe and start from the evidence of what works for young people to learn. This is the story of how strong philosophy and factionalism has prevented many educators from accepting truths about how #Reading works. I recommend that you take a listen.
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this new podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It's an expose of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.
Alessa Giampaolo KeenerHas anyone listened to #SoldAStory yet? It's in my #podcast queue, but I'm curious to hear opinions about it?
https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
#LiteracyResearch #dyslexia #ReadingInstruction #Reading #ScienceOfReading #education
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this new podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It's an expose of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.
Katma@GuidingLiteracy Hi there! I was an educational researcher (focus on literacy development of kids with LBLD). Now I work directly with kids w/ complex dyslexia. Looking for a community and definitely feel a bit lost too. #literacyresearch #dyslexia #readinginstruction #ScienceOfReading #education
Elizabeth ReenstraMay I ask for some friendly boosts in connecting with: #literacy #educationresearch #literacyresearch #ScienceOfLearning #edutooters #elementaryeducation #primaryschool #dyslexia #readinginstruction #education people on here? I am feeling a bit lost. 😅