How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers | At a Loss for Words | APM Reports
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything wrong with it.
Rachel Sender for APM Reports For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything wrong with it. Listen: At a Loss for Words: What's wrong with how schools teach reading 0:00 | 00:52:31 August 22, 2019 | by Emily Hanford RELATED You can listen to the "At a Loss for Words" audio documentary in the Sold a Story podcast feed. In the first season of Sold a Story , Emily Hanford and Christopher Peak investigate influential authors who
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