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Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?

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The Resistance to Reading Training in Mississippi

Roshanda Harris Allen is a professor in the teacher preparation program at Tugulu College. She says she was never taught this stuff about language, not as part of her college education or her doctorate. A number of reports and studies show that many faculty members don't know the reading science. Louisa Moats: Mississippi is the only place I know of where college faculty are doing this.

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