i just think that educators are incredible people in this country. They do incredibly hard work, often under tough conditions. I've seen more than one good idea in the education sector broken by trying to grow it too fast. We want all classrooms to be better, everywhere and every type of school. And we've been struck by how overwhelmingly most teachers believe that.
Doug Lemov of Uncommon School and co-author of Reading Reconsidered talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about reading. Lemov makes the case for the educational importance of critical reading of challenging books and texts. Along the way, he gives listeners some ideas of how to read themselves and gives parents some ideas for how to educate their children.