The Science of Reading

Across the country, school districts are dropping textbooks, state legislatures are going so far as to ban teaching methods, and everyone, it seems, is talking about "the science of reading." Things have been changing since Sold a Story was released. In this episode, we tell you about some of the changes and what we think about them.  

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EXTENDED READING 

Blog: Seidenberg on translating research into practice 
Article: Goldenberg, Goldberg on premortem (paywall) | Excerpt 

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