Sold a Story

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Society & Culture #31, All Genres #225, Documentary #6

Millions of kids can't read well. Scientists have known for decades how children learn to read, but many schools don’t know about the research. They buy teacher training and books that are rooted in a disproven idea. In Sold a Story, Emily Hanford investigates four authors and a publishing company that have made millions selling this idea.

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Recent Episodes
  • 13: The List
    Mar 6, 2025 – 00:33:53
  • 12: The Evidence
    Feb 27, 2025 – 00:30:35
  • 11: The Outlier
    Feb 20, 2025 – 00:31:04
  • The podcast that's changing education
    Nov 1, 2024 – 00:03:14
  • 10: The Details
    Apr 11, 2024 – 00:31:15
  • 9: The Aftermath
    Apr 4, 2024 – 00:27:35
  • Introducing: Sold a Story en español
    Mar 19, 2024 – 00:06:19
  • 8: The Impact
    May 18, 2023 – 00:24:33
  • 7: Your Words
    May 11, 2023 – 00:25:10
  • Brains On: How Do We Learn to Read — and Why is It Hard?
    Apr 11, 2023 – 00:37:51
  • What the Words Say
    Apr 6, 2023 – 00:53:04
  • At a Loss for Words: What's Wrong with How Schools Teach Reading
    Mar 30, 2023 – 00:53:19
  • Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?
    Mar 23, 2023 – 00:52:20
  • Hard to Read: How American Schools Fail Kids with Dyslexia
    Mar 16, 2023 – 00:53:35
  • 6: The Reckoning
    Nov 17, 2022 – 00:42:07
  • 5: The Company
    Nov 10, 2022 – 00:47:24
  • 4: The Superstar
    Nov 3, 2022 – 00:33:42
  • 3: The Battle
    Oct 27, 2022 – 00:41:22
  • 2: The Idea
    Oct 20, 2022 – 00:51:24
  • 1: The Problem
    Oct 20, 2022 – 00:32:48
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