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SOLD A STORY
Episode 9: The Aftermath Schools around the country are changing the way they teach reading. And that is having major consequences for people who sold the flawed theory we investigated in Sold a Story. But Lucy Calkins, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell are fighting back — and fighting to stay relevant. So are organizations that promoted their work: The Reading Recovery Council of North America and the publisher, Heinemann. ▻ Listen now Sold a Story is an independent investigative journalism project from APM Reports. We rely on your donations to support this kind of rigorous reporting. Donate As states refocus reading instruction, two universities stick with a discredited idea  Pressure is mounting on two universities to change the way they train on-the-job educators to teach reading. The Ohio State University in Columbus and Lesley University near Boston both run prominent literacy training programs that include a theory contradicted by decades of cognitive science research. Amid a $660 million effort to retrain teachers that’s underway in 36 states, other academic institutions are updating their professional development. Yet Ohio State and Lesley are resisting criticism and standing by their training. ▻ Read the story |