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Episode 3: The Battle  President George W. Bush made improving reading instruction a priority. He got Congress to provide money to schools that used reading programs supported by scientific research. But backers of Marie Clay’s cueing idea saw Bush’s Reading First initiative as a threat. ▻ Listen and subscribe at soldastory.org In Deep wraps up Season 2  Lake Charles didn’t finish cleaning up debris from one disastrous storm before the next one hit. It started one morning, near the end of our time in Lake Charles, with a steady rain. As we drove around town, the rain fell harder, and we noticed the river, which we’d driven across many times during our stay, suddenly looked much higher. Then our phones buzzed with storm warnings. In this season’s final episode, we witness the full force of severe weather in Lake Charles. We also learn how residents have started to move on, and how their experience may preview what many other communities will have to endure. ▻ Listen to the five-part series |