The Role of Knowledge

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Tuck, everlasting takes little bit of a beating in the book, not intentionally. There's still a club of snobs who like to throw round delusions to fancy things. The role of knowledge and the role of that club have certainly changed. And your being able to reference th right books and know what people are talking about is still a part of culture.

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.