i think we've given short shrifts to the power of knowledge and how important knowledge is in understanding and in reading. So i started playing it with my own kids, you know, when i read aloud to them. Ah, we stop when there's something interesting, and we read a short rticle on it, and we find out a little bit about it. And her experience with that novel was enriched and made deeper. The toss wold be kind of fascinating and engaging and richd experience. I don't see any reason why you couldn't apply that in your personal reading life as well. At's great advice. Now, you're part of uncommon schools. We talked about
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.