Dec 4, 2024 · Twenty-five state legislatures and countless school boards have acted over the past two years to move schools away from the discredited approach to teaching reading investigated in the APM Reports podcast Sold a Story.Now, two mothers in …

Nov 18, 2024 · A ‘reading reset’ Both Democrats and Republicans have been pushing efforts to base instruction on the science of reading. For example, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, wants to spend more than $160 million over two years to implement the science of reading statewide.The money would buy new curricula, train educators and hire 100 literacy coaches.

Aug 22, 2019 · When kids struggle to learn how to read, it can lead to a downward spiral in which behavior, vocabulary, knowledge and other cognitive skills are eventually affected by slow reading development.3 A disproportionate number of poor readers become high school dropouts and end up in the criminal justice system.4 The fact that a disproven theory about how reading works is still driving the way many ...

Sep 10, 2018 · Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids are being set up to fail.

Apr 30, 2024 · A publisher that once held a commanding share of the market for materials to teach and test reading has seen its sales drop significantly in recent years — a decline its attorney attributes to the 2022 APM Reports podcast Sold a Story.. Heinemann published some of the most widely used programs for teaching reading in U.S. elementary schools. Its roster of authors — including Lucy Calkins ...

Emily Hanford is a senior correspondent and producer at APM Reports and host of Sold a Story, the groundbreaking investigative podcast that’s changing how kids are taught to read. Sold a Story was one of the most-shared shows on Apple Podcasts in 2023 and one of Time Magazine’s top podcasts of the year. It has won numerous honors including a duPont, an Edward R. Murrow and a Peabody ...

Nov 1, 2024 · Nationally acclaimed journalist Emily Hanford's work is changing the ways schools around the country teach reading. In this award-winning podcast, she investigates why so many schools use an approach that cognitive scientists debunked decades ago.

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May 9, 2019 · Tasers have become an essential tool for police, but how effective are they? An APM Reports investigation finds that officers in some big cities rated Tasers as unreliable up to 40 percent of the time, and in three large departments, newer models were less effective than older ones. In 258 cases over three years, a Taser failed to …

Dec 11, 2023 · Fountas and Pinnell’s products have made Heinemann tens of millions of dollars in revenue annually, a review of business filings shows. In 2012, Heinemann brought in around $123 million in sales, about half of which came from Fountas and Pinnell’s products, according to a financial report from its parent company. Every year after that, Heinemann broke sales records — until the pandemic ...