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“My daughter when to one of the New Rochelle elementary schools, right off the bat the teachers told me that my daughter couldn’t read to the level she was expected to, consequently she was put on special education, I tried helping her at home but it hurts my to say that as a single mom back then...”Read full review »
Monika104439 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/14/24
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“I can’t overstate how glad I am I listened to this podcast. As a parent of a first grader I now have the information I need to find the right tools to help my child learn to read. The school has been sending home these leveled reader books that seemed counter productive. Now I know why. I can...”Read full review »
SRL987 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/14/24
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“This has validated my family’s experiences and struggles with reading. We’ve been through it all- and was in reading recovery only to be taken out and later put back in— a constant cycle of frustration. We needed help and hired private tutoring. With working class roots, I felt intense guilt and...”Read full review »
Stberard071914 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/14/24
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“I had one of those children that I discovered couldn’t read towards the middle of her second grade year. The school was no help the teachers had failed us every time we had questioned it. Finally paid a private center for testing only to discover she could only read at a kindergarten 3rd month...”Read full review »
MnLeeWee via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/13/24
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“This is so important. I was a teacher in this era and sensed I wasn’t doing the right things to teach kids to read, but everyone and everything around me was all about Reading Recovery, Guided Reading and Lucy Calkins. I think this a very nuanced, well researched and crucial series to help us...”Read full review »
LaurenBro via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/12/24
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“This was a wonderful series but made me so angry! When you think that millions of children learn how to read in the 1800s using the McGuffie readers which involved phonics, it seems that in our efforts to improve and help children we just disregard what makes sense.
I went to graduate school at...”Read full review »
Ecokid via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/11/24
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“Kind of ironic that the ‘about’ section and episode descriptions read like they were written by a fourth grader.”
Jimmy91912277 via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
11/11/24
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“Really interesting research that can help our schools and teachers”
Lucretius2012 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/11/24
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“Children with special needs require decoding. It’s a must. Parents out there are entitled to special testing at public schools to detect special needs of students. The younger the better.
Decoding and multi sensory teaching is necessary for these children to succeed”
MTherese via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/10/24
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“Thoughtful investigation and eye-opening findings. Really enjoy this. Thank you!”
Breezecrazy晴 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/09/24
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“As a former teacher, I will say that listening to this podcast was both informative and upsetting. In my teaching credential program, we were not taught to use phonics in reading instruction, even though that was how many of us learned to read as kids. Looking back, it seems that we teacher...”Read full review »
nottooclevr via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/09/24
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“A must listen if you have kids in public school in California where my kids were subjected to the harmful curriculum mentioned here (by otherwise wonderful loving teachers who didn’t know any better). Kudos to the states who have outlawed this. Would love to see similar research re mathematics...”Read full review »
greenisland via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/08/24
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“If you’re an educator, parent, or anyone interested in children’s literacy, you need to listen! It was shocking and eye opening to hear how a publishing company has profited so much from teaching a debunked form of reading education in our schools. I hope that educators and parents everywhere can...”Read full review »
Cackalacky21 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/08/24
“This podcast delves into how big money and pride have swayed an entire generation of educators to teach a system of reading that is flawed, lacks real research and has harmed children. As a teacher, I’m horrified that this wasn’t uncovered sooner. As a parent, I am sad that my own children could...”Read full review »
Ommax3 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/08/24
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“As a parent to a five year old who started kindergarten this year I am SO thankful I stubbled upon this podcast. It is so strange having basically no clue or information on how they are teaching my kid at school. My kid’s school became a dual language school this year so her class is 95% in...”Read full review »
podcastlover585037 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/08/24
“Wow. I’m so grateful for your extremely important reporting on teaching reading. What a gift you are to kids. Thank you!”
Gargie1234 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/24
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“I cried when listening to this. A mom of 2 adult children and a High School senior. This podcast was is my story. My oldest I was told that I was not reading to him enough. Middle daughter I remember her making up stories to go with the pictures and trying teach her to sound out the words. (She...”Read full review »
AndieTonio via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/24
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“Outstanding investigative journalism.
Why am I still shocked when people ignore science and data in favor of their feelings? I find it especially egregious when educators hurt children by blindly clinging to fanciful notions of learning. We must return to logic and reason within our educational...”Read full review »
RescueMyChild.org via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/24
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“This is an amazing podcast! After listening to this I’ve seen why my child is struggling to read and now I know I can help him.”
E.Massoudi via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/24
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“Really enjoying this. I’m a homeschool parent teaching my daughter how to read using phonics. It’s shocking to learn how kids are being taught reading at traditional schools. Thank you for bringing light to this subject!”
BLew321 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/07/24
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“If you have kids, teach kids, love kids or even just like them a little....PLEASE listen!!”
Blondie5789 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/06/24
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“I look forward to getting in my car to put on this podcast. Great reporting and very insightful. Thank you for the hard work you put into this show.”
Be_laDonna via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/06/24
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“Very interesting podcast. I’ve listened to all the episodes. I’m a grandparent looking to help avoid the reading pitfalls with my grandchildren. Do you have materials you can suggest to support phonics? All I’m getting is what’s wrong and what doesn’t work.”
KESpag via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/05/24
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“❓What about university & teachers colleges? How is it possible that university professors and schools of education have never looked at the science of any of this or educated new teachers in proper, science base methods of teaching reading and writing? Growing up in the 70s with open...”Read full review »
M.Ski via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/05/24
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“This is one of the most shocking true stories about educational malpractice. It is the same story I was sold as a young grad student in the nineties and new middle school teacher soon after. If you have the time and interest, please listen — especially if you have (or plan to have) children that...”Read full review »
FrugalDad72 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/04/24
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“I am a secondary history teacher and I have never taught elementary reading, but know that the F and P method is everywhere. I have so many students at the secondary level that cannot read well and cannot comprehend the secondary curriculum. I wonder if this type of instruction in the elementary...”Read full review »
SeventhGenTex via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/04/24
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“Thank you to Emily Hanford and her team for this transformational podcast!”
ST in Belmar via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/04/24
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“I am in my 27th year of teaching and this was sooo eye opening to me. Thank you so much. I am thankful that when I know better, I do better. I just wish the leaders in our school districts would do the same.”
Ajazeslj via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/04/24
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“My thoughts on this podcast.
I was a reading teacher. I taught in a very large school with over a million students. Yes, we used Lucy Calkins.
To me, the downfall of reading came with schools dropping the Spelling book. Yes, it was costly to buy new books. However, it was taught to the entire...”Read full review »
Big City Teachey via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/03/24
“This podcast series is brilliant at sharing the problem so many of us voiced when we were forced to implement the system and not question it's validity. Fortunately, I worked in a school that allowed us to take what worked and dismiss what did not, but I can validate every issue. Emily...”Read full review »
dparisman via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/03/24
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“I’m am listening to this podcast as the parent of a “stealth” dyslexic son who cannot encode or decode words and can read because he has sight memorized every word he knows. We pulled him from our neighborhood public school after over a year of them ignoring the problem and got him evaluated and...”Read full review »
tiernankill via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/02/24
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“Such a powerful and entertaining journey through some important aspects of education. My jaw hit the floor a few times realizing the atrocities that have been allowed to happen.”
smcruikshank via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/01/24
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“I taught fifth graders 2010-2022. In those years we did readers workshop. Somewhere in that time we adopted Units of Study. I struggled teaching this curriculum and felt frustrated because my students didn’t make progress. When I would bring up my concerns with administrators, I was told all the...”Read full review »
Lisa&Dutch via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/26/24
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“As a former high school teacher, I found this podcast to be absolutely fascinating and binged it while on vacation. The one thing I thought was missing and would love to hear about in future episodes is how the science of reading intersects with teaching English Language Learners. What have been...”Read full review »
KBlake88 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/07/24
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“This is a great podcast that anyone who works with or is raising children should listen to! We should all be aware of the history of teaching reading and what it has has been doing to our children.”
Akshadowbird via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/07/24
“Listening to this from the Philippines, this is so fascinating, reading is also a problem here. I hope we're not importing the wrong method since we do tend to copy a lot from the US.”Read full review »
Bomskee via Apple Podcasts ·
Philippines ·
10/02/24
“In spite of the current research evidence inquiry-based approaches are gaining ground in Australia. We’re following a path in high schools that is only compounding the deficits students bring with them from their primary years. Materials are being tweaked to appear to fit the ‘explicit teaching’...”Read full review »
DidoBee!! via Apple Podcasts ·
Australia ·
10/01/24
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“I was brought to this podcast through a school assignment, and have listened to all the episodes! It truly is eye-opening for how we teach our kiddos how to read!!”
Sixpackofbuds via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/24
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“This was an incredibly enlightening and informative podcast! It is such a shame that despite the science, the real experiences, the educators who questioned, the parents who struggled to understand, and mostly the kids who suffered and believed that they were flawed and incapable of reading - the...”Read full review »
YKistner via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/26/24
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“This podcast changed the way I teach students to read. This resource has been invaluable. #fduedtech”
Km011389 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/18/24
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“This should be required listening for everyone in education - thank you for putting words and research to the concerns I have always had but could fully explain.”
Clrkelley via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/16/24
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“As a teacher, I’m embarrassed to say that I had no idea. I’m sadden to know that I’ve been teaching reading wrong & have hurt kids in the process. I’d love to know what curriculum the districts ARE using now using the Science of Reading…. Please help”
Amyhud1 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/25/24
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“I’ll own to crying happy tears hearing the featured kids reading the credits.
Honestly & actually deciphering & reading those names.
What an inspired moment of sheer joy.
Bravo and thanks.”
WestmontGuy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/18/24
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“Sold a Story is a well-reported, fascinating listen on how we teach reading in the US. As a teacher who has taught 1st and 2nd graders for the past decade, I highly recommend all educators, parents, and interested folks check it out!”
KNicchi via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/10/24
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“I listened to your podcast recently. Our district has been teaching elementary teachers and any other interested people about the science of reading. I was part of a 2 year adoption process for a new reading and writing curriculum. We used the tenets of the science of reading to evaluate various...”Read full review »
Amy the Coug via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/09/24
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“This podcasts explains how some of our main national literacy programs are FAILING our children. Literacy is a basic skill (and should be a right) that is essential for success. It truly makes me sad to think about the high school students who can’t read - why are we surprised when they struggle?...”Read full review »
Al6379431789 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/06/24
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“I listened to the first eight episodes in one weekend, and it has really helped solidify my thinking about how my kids have been taught to read.
We are in Canada, my kids go to French school. When I was their age I was taught phonetics and etymology to learn words. We had work sheets about...”Read full review »
3Es_Mama via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
07/29/24
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“Every parent, teacher, school adm, school board member needs to listen. College faculty…LISTEN! Forget about your political ideology and ideas you are wedded to. Emily Hanford has shown how real investigative journalism is done. She follows the truth…the facts and there is no agenda. She...”Read full review »
Millers1970 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/28/24
“This is exactly why I had to repeat 1st grade. I didn’t know how to read. I had no idea why they were teaching me the way they were, but my parents knew something was wrong when I was spelling cat like kat and the teachers were okay with it. I repeated 1st grade at a catholic school and starting...”Read full review »
Kathyisgreatsoshutup via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/24/24
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“Important for every parent, teacher and curriculum/resource decision maker in every school district!”
Bwaldner via Apple Podcasts ·
Canada ·
07/20/24
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