Available beginning August 8, 2023, APM is offering a new education special from APM Reports. This special is included with your APM affiliation.
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Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
August 8, 2023 – June 30, 2024
There’s an idea about how children learn to read that’s held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read.
In this special, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It’s an exposé of how educators came to believe in something that isn’t true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.
This hour-long special is available at no additional charge. Affiliate stations may carry this program at no charge until June 30, 2024. Multiple broadcasts are allowed. Program must be carried in its entirety; no excerpting is permitted. Streaming Rights: Stations can either request an embed code for audio player, or they can get the audio from Radio Public. Prior to carrying this special, stations must confirm carriage with American Public Media.
Questions? Please contact Marge Ostroushko.