The Science of Reading: A Wake-Up Call for America

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Governor DeWine has proposed a new executive budget plan that he says will teach students the science of reading, which focuses on phonics and comprehension. New York City public schools is about to make a 180-degree shift from a system that teaches children to use picture clues to guess words in school. This is part of a movement that has really been gaining momentum over the past 10 years or more led by parents of kids with dyslexia.

For decades, American schools have taught reading with an approach that doesn’t work very well. Emily Hanford of the podcast “Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong” explains how things are starting to change.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Chamberlin, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.

We're taking Monday off for Juneteenth and will be back with a new episode on Tuesday, June 20.

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